Twentieth Century Figures Series - Tojo Hideki (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Liu Lehua et al.
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Tojo Hideki, born on December 30, 1884, in Tokyo, Japan, and executed on December 23, 1948. The archenemy of the Chinese nation as Prime Minister of Japan, a super war criminal guilty of countless crimes. On May 3, 1946, at 8:42 a.m., Tokyo, Japan. The former office building of the Imperial Japanese Army Ministry has now become the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Judges with blue eyes and yellow hair sat solemnly behind black desks, their cold and stern gazes fixed on Tojo Hideki, who sat in the defendant's box with sunken cheeks, pale face, closed eyes, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses! "Do you admit to committing the crime of waging war?" "This war was indeed a defensive war for Japan." "Killing Chinese people on Chinese soil is also self-defense?" "This Japan is like an 18-year-old youth wearing a 10-year-old child's clothes—it's too small, it needs to be expanded." A Chinese witness stepped forward, tearing open their clothes to reveal 37 scars. Another Chinese witness walked forward, a survivor of the Unit 731 human experiments, testifying to the blood and tears of their ordeal... A Korean woman stepped forward, accusing of the dual torment of body and soul... The indictment against the 28 Class-A war criminals of Japan included 55 charges, and Tojo Hideki was found guilty of 54 of them. Especially when he puffed out his mustache and sneered during the interrogation, he infuriated all the judges and the audience. The Chinese gritted their teeth: Kill him! The Americans raged: Kill him! The British shrugged and waved: Kill him! On the night of December 22, 1948, at 11:30 p.m., inside Tokyo's Nakano Prison. Tojo Hideki, with his head shaved and wearing a gray death row uniform, was blindfolded and stood on the gallows. With a loud thump, the trapdoor under him opened, and he fell abruptly, the noose tightening around his neck... A sturdy American colonel in horse boots faced the executioner, standing at attention and reporting, "The criminal is now dead!" The whole world rejoiced! This book comprehensively records the life of Tojo Hideki based on historical records and uses many previously unknown materials. It is certain that readers will be greatly enlightened.