The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Hideki Tojo

Tojo

Hideki, General

(1884 – 1948)

(東条英機)

1926
- 1928
Attached to Technical Research Headquarters
1928
- 1929
Chief of Mobilization Section, Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1929
- 1931
Commanding Officer 1st Regiment
1931
- 1933
Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Bureau, General Staff
1933
Attached to the General Staff
1933
Chairman of Military Investigation, Ministry of War
1933
- 1934
Head of Military Investigation Department, Ministry of War
1934
Commandant of the Military Academy
1934
- 1935
Commanding Officer 24th Brigade
1935
Attached to 10th Division
1935
- 1937
Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai) Kwantung Army, Manchuria
1937
- 1938
Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, Manchuria
1938
Vice-Minister of War
1938
- 1940
Head of Army Aeronautical Department, Ministry of War
1938
- 1940
Inspector-General of Army Aviation
1940
Member of the Supreme War Council
1940
- 1941
Minister of War
1941
- 1944
Prime Minister
1941
- 1942
Minister of Interior
1942
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1943
- 1944
Minister of Education
1943
- 1944
Minister of Trade
1943
- 1944
Minister of Munitions
1944
Chief General Staff
1944
Retired
1944
- 1945
Privy Councilor
1945
Attempted suicide
1945
- 1948
Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948
Condemned to death and hanged as an A class war criminal
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