The Execution Of Hideki Tojo - Japan's War Prime Minister

Following the Second World War, a number of war crimes trials were held to bring the perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice. The most high profile trials took place in Nuremberg with the remaining members of Hitler's inner circle being brought in front of a judge, however following the end of the War in the Pacific, Japan too held war crimes trials. One of the most high profile defendants was Japan's wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. Tojo was seen by many in the allied nations as the main aggressor against the United States. Tojo favoured pre-emptive strikes such as what occurred at Pearl Harbor, and during his time as Prime Minister he also oversaw the whole Japanese war effort. This meant that in his role he was deemed responsible for the horrific war crimes committed by the Japanese, for example the Baatan Death March. Tojo was deemed to have also ordered the executions of Prisoners of War in barbaric ways, and he was placed on trial at the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. However before he did shoot himself and try to take his own life, but this did not succeed. He was found guilty of many different charges inside the Tokyo Courtroom, and was sentenced to death for these. He was seen as the figurehead of the Japanese war effort, and was then taken to Sugamo Prison for his execution. He was held here a while before he was executed along with other members of the Japanese government and army who had been condemned to death. Tojo fully accepted responsibility for Japan's crimes during the Second World War and before. So join us today as we look at, 'The VENGEFUL Execution Of Hideki Tojo - Japan's WW2 Prime Minister.' Remember to support our channel, please make sure to subscribe. Thanks for watching! Support the channel by subscribing, liking, and sharing. Follow me on Twitter:   / theuntoldpast   Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theuntoldpast Disclaimer: All opinions and comment stated below in the Comments section do not represent the opinion of TheUntoldPast. All opinions and comments and dialogue should discuss the video above in a historical manner. TheUntoldPast does not accept any racism, profanity, insults, sexism or any negative discussion aimed at an individual. TheUntoldPast has the right to delete any comment with this content inside it and also ban the user from the channel.