The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Hideki Tōjō

Tōjō, Hideki

General

* 30th of December 1884

† 23rd of December 1948

(東条英機)

(東條英機)

(とうじょう ひでき)

Promotions

1924-08-20 Lieutenant-Colonel
1928-08-10 Colonel
1933-03-18 Major-General
1936-12-01 Lieutenant-General
1941-10-18 General

Service

1926-03-23 1928-03-08 Attached to Technical Research Headquarters
1928-03-08 1929-08-01 Chief of Mobilization Branch, Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1929-08-01 1931-08-01 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Regiment
1931-08-01 1933-03-18 Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Section, General Staff
1933-03-18 1933-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1933-08-01 1933-11-22 Chairman of Military Research Committee, Ministry of War
1933-11-22 1934-03-05 Head of Military Research Department, Ministry of War
1934-03-05 1934-08-01 Executive Officer, Military Academy
1934-08-01 1935-08-01 Commanding Officer 24th Infantry Brigade
1935-08-01 1935-09-21 Attached to 10th Division
1935-09-21 1937-03-01 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Kwantung Army
1937-03-01 1938-08-30 Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1938-05-30 1938-12-10 Vice Minister of War
1938-06-18 1940-07-22 Head of Army Aviation Headquarters
1938-06-18 1940-07-22 Inspector-General of Army Aviation
1940-02-12 1940-07-22 Member of the Supreme War Council
1940-07-22 1941-07-22 Minister of War
1941-10-18 1944-07-18 Prime Minister
1941-10-18 1942-02-17 Minister of Interior
1942-09-01 1942-09-17 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1943-04-20 1944-04-23 Minister of Education
1943-10-08 1944-07-22 Minister of Trade
1943-11-01 1944-07-22 Minister of Munitions
1944-02-21 1944-07-18 Chief of the General Staff
1944-07-22 Retired
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Privy Councillor
1945-09-XX Attempted suicide
1945-09-XX 1948-12-23 Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948-12-23 Condemned to death and hanged as an A class war criminal
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