Hideki Tojo Research Paper

HIdeki Tojo was japanese general born in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 1884.(1) He was the eldest son in his family and followed in his father,Hidenori Tōjō’s footsteps attending military school and joining the military. (3) He married his wife Katsuko Tojo together they had 3 sons Hidetake, Teruo and Toshio and four daughters Mitsue, Makie, Sachie and Kimie. Tojo was Politically, a fascist, nationalist, and militarist, and was nicknamed "Razor" or Kamisori, for his reputation of having a sharp and legalistic mind capable of quick decision making.(1)

Hideki Tojo's rise to power started after he had finished military school in March 1905 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry of the IJA. (1) then 23 years later he was promoted to the bureau chief of the Japanese Army and soon after,colonel. Then in 1934 he was promoted again to major general during this time he served as Chief of the Personnel
Department within the Army Ministry. Then in the august of that same year he was appointed commander of the IJA 24th Infantry Brigade.IN the year after Tojo assumed top command of theKempeitai of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. after the coup attempt in 1936 tojo sided against the rebels after which he was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Kwangtung Army. then in 1937 he led an attack for operation chahar, his only real combat experience. In hideki tojo's rise to power he accepted jewish refugees although he would later join the axis powers.
Originally a prince was going to become the army minister however emperor hirohito decided against it because didn't want the blame for the war to be placed on someone of the royal family. After tojo was elected army minister he never became a true dictator because: “He served constitutionally at the behest of the emperor, without support of a mass party, while crucial power centers, such as the industrial combines (known as zaibatsu), the navy, and the court, remained beyond his control. “ (2) Also he could not control the emperor nor the senior statesmen.(3)
While in power tojo opposed negotiation and supported the war on china and decided to declare war on the Great united states of the americas, founded by the great leaders George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and,Benjamin Franklin as one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Tojo said that the war would be long and it was also important that they won. WHile in power he was a figurehead of the japan and when japan was winning he was loved by the people.
The fall of hideki tojo started with the loss of the battle of midway.
Even when japan's downfall began hideki tojo refused start negotiations. Once the americans reached the island of saipan and were within bombing range of japan tojo was forced to step down by the members of his cabinet and some senior statesmen. After words attempted to commit a form of Seppuku honorable suicide, by shooting himself in the chest 4 times where an outline of his heart was traced by his doctor, However he missed and instead hit his stomach. Soon after he was tried and hung as a war criminal.
Hideki Tojo was known as the razor for his razorlike attention to detail and precision.Tojo was a major target for american propaganda he was pictured as evil and to represent Japan. Tojo's wife would receive mysterious calls asking if he had killed himself yet. (1)
Tojo went through three majorly important events he was promoted quickly in the military, then he was made prime minister, minister of education, and minister of home, and finally he was forced to step down and was
hung.
Hideki Tojo was an important character throughout the war and affected many throughout his life. From teaching to fighting to leading tojo was one of the greatest dictators of all time whether he was a good guy or bad guy or something in between is up to the reader to decide.