Hideki Tojo (HM6)

Hideki Tojo (* December 30th, 1884 in Kōjimachi, ese Empire) is a General of the . His father, a former Samurai, was an Imperial Japanese Officer as well.
In 1905, he like many Japanese was very discontent because Siberia wasn't annexed after the victory over Russia. Until 1928, Tojo raised through the ranks (among other posts, he became Military Attaché in Germany 1919–22) to become a colonel and developed an Interest in Military politics. In 1933, he was promoted to major General. In the year after, he and others demanded in a book to turn Japan into a totalitarian "national defense state". He didn't support the tried Putsch of February 26th, 1936 by the radical anti- Kodoha ("Imperial Way") faction of the Army.
In September of 1935, he got top command of the Military police () of the powerful , which was stationed in . In 1937, he was promoted chief of staff of the Kwantung Army and thus responsible for military Operations in .
In May of 1938, he was ordered back to Japan, to become Vice-Minister of War. Additionally, until 1940 he was Inspector-General of Army Aviation. He is a proponent of the Tripartite pact with and fascist .
Together with General Akira Muto, he leads the anti-American Toseiha ("Control") Faction of the Army which wants peace with the Soviet Union, but war with the and .
He dreams of turning Japan into a multi-continental empire comprising all of China, , , Southeast Asia, all of Oceania, Central America down to Ecuador, the Caribbean, even North America from to the state of Washington.
His nickname is "Kamisori" (Razor).
He's seen as responsible for the killing of hundreds of thousands of Chinese. He also has approved making biological Experiments with prisoners of war, as in , and deporting Thousands of Chinese and Koreans as forced laborers to Japan.
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