Frasi di Hideki Tōjō

Hideki Tōjō è stato un generale e politico giapponese e ricoprì l'incarico di 40º Primo Ministro del Giappone durante la seconda guerra mondiale, dal 18 ottobre 1941 al 22 luglio 1944.

Figlio di un generale dell'esercito, fu nominato a sua volta generale nel 1933. Rientrato da missioni in Europa nei primi anni venti, fu attivo nella politica militare tra le file dei nazionalisti modernizzatori , opponendosi alla corrente nazionalista reazionaria . Dall'incidente del 26 febbraio 1936, un tentativo di colpo di Stato militare da parte della Kōdōha, fallito solo per la fermissima opposizione dell'Imperatore Hirohito, la corrente cui apparteneva Tōjō dominò incontrastata la vita militare e, in misura crescente, quella politica.

Dopo la fine della seconda guerra mondiale, Tōjō fu arrestato, condannato a morte per crimini di guerra dal Tribunale Militare Internazionale per l'Estremo Oriente e giustiziato per impiccagione il 23 dicembre 1948. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. Dicembre 1884 – 23. Dicembre 1948
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Hideki Tōjō: Frasi in inglese

“The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot.”

Note signed by Tojo (June 1945), left at a camp during the Bataan Death March http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark3/DebateonBomb.htm. Possible forgery since Tojo was no longer in power for over a year at the time of the discovery. Also, the Japanese homeland was not threatened with invasion at the time and it was common sense that the Philippines would be attacked before.
1940s

“It is natural that I should bear entire responsibility for the war in general, and, needless to say, I am prepared to do so. Consequently, now that the war has been lost, it is presumably necessary that I be judged so that the circumstances of the time can be clarified and the future peace of the world be assured. Therefore, with respect to my trial, it is my intention to speak frankly, according to my recollection, even though when the vanquished stands before the victor, who has over him the power of life and death, he may be apt to toady and flatter. I mean to pay considerable attention to this in my actions, and say to the end that what is true is true and what is false is false. To shade one's words in flattery to the point of untruthfulness would falsify the trial and do incalculable harm to the nation, and great care must be taken to avoid this.”

Written in his prison diary https://books.google.com/books?id=aynFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=%22I+should+bear+entire+responsibility+for+the+war+in+general%22&source=bl&ots=ov6_NlNuJx&sig=W_gAxNsPYqUMqh-FE1WF4CbCQ-8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QZHsVMKlLsKiNrnDg6AP&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22I%20should%20bear%20entire%20responsibility%20for%20the%20war%20in%20general%22&f=false, as quoted in The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941–42 https://books.google.com/books?id=LTZfBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=%22I+should+bear+entire+responsibility+for+the+war+in+general%22&source=bl&ots=wiF4ARAlht&sig=EjofLr6zBGo9YG4b0dBGjL91VB0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QZHsVMKlLsKiNrnDg6AP&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22I%20should%20bear%20entire%20responsibility%20for%20the%20war%20in%20general%22&f=false (2014), by Bill Yenne, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Publishing, p. 337.
1940s

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