[Hideki Tojo] Hideki Tojo, one of the first-class Japanese war criminals of World War II, his hands were stained with the blood of countless Chinese people. He is known as the "shaved general" and "devil". This is a set of old photos reflecting the entire process of Tojo Hideki's arrest, imprisonment, trial, and hanging. Although he was still arrogant after being arrested, justice was finally served.
[Suicide attempt] On August 15, 1945, Japan unconditionally surrendered, and the criminal war criminals came to an end. At that time, many people persuaded Tojo Hideki to commit suicide by incision, but he refused for various reasons. When the US army set foot on the Japanese mainland, MacArthur immediately ordered the US military police to arrest the war criminals. Hideki Tojo attempted suicide by shooting himself.
[Physical examination] Hideki Tojo attempted suicide. The US military cured him and sent him to Tokyo Sugamo Prison. The trial began for more than 3 years. At that time, many Japanese Class A All war criminals are held here. As the shooting suicide was unsuccessful, Hideki Tojo also believed that he could escape the trial, so he hired a lawyer to fully defend his crime.
[Tojo Hideki and Hashimoto Shingoro] According to the data, of the 55 crimes listed by the prosecutors of the Far East Military Tribunal’s Class A war criminals, Tojo Hideki alone accounted for 54. For example, as a leader, organizer, agitator or accomplice; planning and executing plans or secret plans; launching aggressive wars or wars that violate international treaties.
[During the meal] Regarding the prosecutor’s accusation, Hideki Tojo brazenly said: "The accusations of the invasion of China and the Pacific War and a series of so-called aggressive plans are all nonsense. ; The war against Britain and the United States was induced by these countries. For Japan, it was entirely for survival and self-defense, as a last resort. In addition, Japan’s Great East Asia policy was based on the will of the nations of Great East Asia, that is, cooperation to liberate East Asia. , Not aggression; during the war, there were no facts that violated international law and could not bear the charge of war crimes.”
[The scene of the trial] May 3, 1946, Hideki Tojo made his first appearance Appeared at the court hearing of the Far East Military Court. As Japan's largest war criminal, Hideki Tojo attracted special attention, and countless reporters poured into the courtroom that day. According to a newspaper report, “This war madman who was once regarded by the Japanese people as the “god of the world” looked very short and wretched when surrounded by tall foreign reporters.”
【東条英Kiwa Shimada Shintaro] September 10, 1947, the trial entered the defendant's personal defense stage. On December 26, it was the self-defense stage of Hideki Tojo. The observation and press booths were overcrowded. The wife and daughter of Allied Commander MacArthur also appeared in court for hearings. News agencies and newspaper reporters and photojournalists from various countries waited for it. Everyone wants to know how this demon defended.
[Checking the body] With the help of the defense lawyer, Hideki Tojo prepared a 200,000-word defense statement, which he read out at the trial site, and the whole content was to defend himself. On April 16, 1948, the long marathon trial ended, and the President Weber announced that the defendants were in prison awaiting judgment. The court adjourned until the day the judgment was announced. At 3:52 pm on December 12, 1948, the final judgment of the Far East Military Tribunal against Hideki Tojo began. President Weber made a historic sentence: "Hideki Tojo, 65 years old, from Tokyo, has served as army general, land minister, interior minister, prime minister, and chief of staff. He was hanged."
[Final judgment] After learning that he was sentenced to hang, people noticed the expression on Tojo Hideki's face, "Lips are closed, his expression is tense and stiff. I saw him grinning bitterly, and then took off his headphones. He glanced tragically at the auditorium, as if he was looking for his family." The war madman was finally frightened, and while waiting for his hang, Hideki Tojo's weight dropped sharply.
[The whole process of Hideki Tojo hanged] 11 pm on December 21, 1948, Hideki Tojo was awakened by the U.S. military and told him that he was about to be hanged. Before the hang, Hideki Tojo left his children with a four-character last word, "Do not speak everything." At the last moment, Hideki Tojo looked pale and his legs trembled. He was on the gallows by the US military. After Hideki Tojo was hanged and cremated, the US army threw his ashes into the Pacific Ocean.
