HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hideki Tojo, Task Force 16, Hirohito
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He had complete control over, and commanded complete loyalty from his subjects. It was his responsibility for starting and ending the wars against. He was protected from prosecution in the 1945 by the us who needed him to keep japan from collapsing. Prime minister of japan and primary military leader. Rose to power in the manchukuo kwantung army. Military leader, significant responsiblility for civilian deaths, By 1938 there were 1 million japanese troops in china. By 1941 2 million troops but this was still not enough. Imperial japanese expansion up to 1941 (light pink) The japs struck for the oil-rich dutch east indies (indonesia), Singapore, and the surrounding british-owned malaya, thailand, the. Oil is a new thing that"s been causing wars. Japs camoflauged their plans with diplomatic negotiantions in. The us expected an assault somewhere in the pacific because cryptanalysts, in a technique called Roosevelt eliminated anyone that was a little stand off-ish about.
