Talk:Tomoyuki Yamashita

message: 18 Nov. 2005
There's an interesting article at www.japanfocus.org under "Japanese Lives", article 392.  "Last Words of the Tiger of Malaya, General Yamashita Tomoyuki," by Tanaka, Yuki.
Can someone please take a look at the translated version of Yamashita's last words?  They seem to have been brutalized at the hand of babel fish. --Duke Leto 14:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: adding Kiangan, part of the Ifugao... seems like a little bit too much info, but i don't know if there is a better/easier way to help someone find the link to Kiangan where some day there could be more info about the surrender site.  i wouldn't be at all saddened to find that the addition is deleted if anyone thinks it's too much. any ideas?
--Mumbaki 02:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Eh, why? Too much information according to what line of thinking, I guess is what I'm asking. Shadowrun 07:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  place of surrender 

message: Am I right this appelation applied to him? If not, can somebody correct it at the List of military figures by nickname & List of nicknames of historical personages? Thanks.  Trekphiler 18:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lawrence of Manchuria 

message: Is that the literal translation of his statement?  Seems like pretty bad engrish for a general officer.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.53.4 (talk) 00:05, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Likely not a translation. Yamashita spoke English, but imperfectly. --Yaush (talk) 02:55, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Last Words

message: Yamashita’s Gold is based around an urban legend in the Philippines. There should be more text written in this article if urban legends are to be included. “See Also” is misleading and vague. Jim (talk) 13:22, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed 'See Also' section to Urban Legends and Myths Named After Tomoyuki Yamashita Jim 15:21, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

text: If there is no need for "non neutral link in this article", why is it here. "See Also" is very vague description when used in a biography and leads to such a controversial article with no support structure. The sub-section title should have a brief description as to the contents it is referencing to in this case. Jim 15:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  See Also section 'Yamashita's Gold 

message: I discovered that the title "Harimau Malaya" or "The Tiger of Malaya" could actually belong to another person by the name of Tani Yutaka. I am currently doing a research on it.
Shahrulazwad (talk) 08:27, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tani Yutaka 

message: I deleted the last paragraph because it was clearly a speculative, unsupported and unattributed opinion of the author that seemed to be of a  political nature.--98.208.37.97--A. Renner (talk) 19:48, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Enduring Legal Legacy Edit/Deletion

message: "but he was ignored and subsequently assigned to an unimportant post in the Kwantung Army" seems a mischaracterization. The Japanese Army did not give up the idea that Russia was the real enemy until 1943 or later. An army command in Manchuria would have been considered a rather important posting, albeit one not engaged in active combat at the time. --Yaush (talk) 02:57, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kwantung Army posting 

message: In the programme "Clash of Warriors" the name is pronounced "Yamashta" which one is correct? --37.24.13.219 (talk) 03:15, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you point me to where the pronunciation is given in this article? But to answer the question, I believe that "shi" is indeed pronounced so softly that it would sound like "Yamashta" to the average English speaker. --Yaush (talk) 14:52, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I have read a fair amount about Yamashita and have never seen him
referred to as the "Beast of Bataan".
Yamashita was posted to the Philippines years after the Bataan Death March and
had no other specific association with Bataan that I can find.2400:4162:69A6:3C00:B1C6:10E7:A23D:F0F1 (talk) 13:24, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nickname 

message: Made some edits to the page as it previously stated that there was no evidence Yamashita knew these crimes were being committed under his command.  That's not entirely true.  Prosecution presented multiple pieces of evidence and testimony which indicated that he did know they were being committed.  Some of the evidence pointed toward Yamashita having implicitly or explicitly ordered the killings of civilians as part of the pacification of guerrilla resistance.  Taken from Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals Vol. IV.  https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/Law-Reports_Vol-4.pdf
I don't have time to give this justice but leaving the link above if anyone else can follow up on it. Jasonkwe (talk) 19:12, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't really matter, if applied the same standart every single allied commander would be executed, the only reason Yamashita was on trial was revenge for humiliating the americans and british on the battlefield. 2003:C0:F721:3D00:B4E8:C0BC:7A3C:B760 (talk) 14:26, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yamashita's trial: whether he knew of the war crimes committed under his command 

message: Would it be apt to include the Manila massacre in the lead. Something like
"After the war, Yamashita was tried for the Manila Massacre committed by troops under his command during the Japanese defense of the occupied Philippines in 1944" 
OR 
"After the war, Yamashita was tried for war crimes committed by troops under his command during the Japanese defense of the occupied Philippines in 1944" Chefs-kiss (talk) 11:22, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Including the [[Manila Massacre]] in the Lead