This 1940's file picture shows Japanese general and former prime minister Hideki Tojo, judged to be a class-A war criminal at the Tokyo Tribunal of War Criminals after Japan surrendered in defeat to mark the end of World War II. Sixty years after the start of the Tokyo war crimes tribunal, the event remains at the heart of controversy in Asia about Japan's guilt and whether it has atoned sufficiently for its past atrocities.
Although
Tojo did not become Prime Minister until October 1941, his appointment
as Army Minister was significant. His influence in the Cabinet took the
Japanese in a new direction. His political appointment effectively
marked the end of the argument from those within the Japanese
establishment who wanted a withdrawal from China. General Tojo was a
strong supporter of the Tripartite Alliance between Germany, Italy and
Japan and his militaristic and aggressive outlook hardened the Japanese
position towards a wider war. The U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
was later to describe him as:
… a typical Japanese officer, with a small-bore, straight-laced, one-track mind. He was stubborn and self-willed, rather stupid, hard-working, and possessed a quantity of drive.- See more at: http://ww2today.com/22nd-july-1940-hideki-tojo-appointed-army-minister-in-japan#sthash.97dih5hm.dpuf
Although
Tojo did not become Prime Minister until October 1941, his appointment
as Army Minister was significant. His influence in the Cabinet took the
Japanese in a new direction. His political appointment effectively
marked the end of the argument from those within the Japanese
establishment who wanted a withdrawal from China. General Tojo was a
strong supporter of the Tripartite Alliance between Germany, Italy and
Japan and his militaristic and aggressive outlook hardened the Japanese
position towards a wider war. The U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
was later to describe him as:
… a typical Japanese officer, with a small-bore, straight-laced, one-track mind. He was stubborn and self-willed, rather stupid, hard-working, and possessed a quantity of drive.- See more at: http://ww2today.com/22nd-july-1940-hideki-tojo-appointed-army-minister-in-japan#sthash.97dih5hm.dpuf
Although
Tojo did not become Prime Minister until October 1941, his appointment
as Army Minister was significant. His influence in the Cabinet took the
Japanese in a new direction. His political appointment effectively
marked the end of the argument from those within the Japanese
establishment who wanted a withdrawal from China. General Tojo was a
strong supporter of the Tripartite Alliance between Germany, Italy and
Japan and his militaristic and aggressive outlook hardened the Japanese
position towards a wider war. The U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
was later to describe him as:
… a typical Japanese officer, with a small-bore, straight-laced, one-track mind. He was stubborn and self-willed, rather stupid, hard-working, and possessed a quantity of drive.- See more at: http://ww2today.com/22nd-july-1940-hideki-tojo-appointed-army-minister-in-japan#sthash.97dih5hm.dpuf
Although
Tojo did not become Prime Minister until October 1941, his appointment
as Army Minister was significant. His influence in the Cabinet took the
Japanese in a new direction. His political appointment effectively
marked the end of the argument from those within the Japanese
establishment who wanted a withdrawal from China. General Tojo was a
strong supporter of the Tripartite Alliance between Germany, Italy and
Japan and his militaristic and aggressive outlook hardened the Japanese
position towards a wider war. The U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
was later to describe him as:
… a typical Japanese officer, with a small-bore, straight-laced, one-track mind. He was stubborn and self-willed, rather stupid, hard-working, and possessed a quantity of drive.- See more at: http://ww2today.com/22nd-july-1940-hideki-tojo-appointed-army-minister-in-japan#sthash.97dih5hm.dpuf
Although
Tojo did not become Prime Minister until October 1941, his appointment
as Army Minister was significant. His influence in the Cabinet took the
Japanese in a new direction. His political appointment effectively
marked the end of the argument from those within the Japanese
establishment who wanted a withdrawal from China. General Tojo was a
strong supporter of the Tripartite Alliance between Germany, Italy and
Japan and his militaristic and aggressive outlook hardened the Japanese
position towards a wider war. The U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
was later to describe him as:
… a typical Japanese officer, with a small-bore, straight-laced, one-track mind. He was stubborn and self-willed, rather stupid, hard-working, and possessed a quantity of drive.- See more at: http://ww2today.com/22nd-july-1940-hideki-tojo-appointed-army-minister-in-japan#sthash.97dih5hm.dpuf
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