Hideki Tojo was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. His leadership was marked by widespread state violence and mass
Tojo in 1941
Tojo as a lieutenant general
Yoshijirō Umezu was a Japanese general and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri. Standing in the front row are Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (left) and Umezu (right).
Umezu signing the instrument of surrender to the Allied nations