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Execution

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1945–1948Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1945

Tomoyuki Yamashita7 December 1945

Manila · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Executed for war crimes, 4th anniversary of Pearl Harbour

1946

Masaharu Homma3 April 1946

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Executed for war crimes, held responsible for the "Bataan Death March"

Tomoyuki Yamashita7 December 1946

Manila · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Death of Tomoyuki Yamashita, executed

1948

Hideki Tojo1948

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Executed as a war criminal

Names involved

Hideki TojoMasaharu HommaTomoyuki Yamashita

Provenance

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