WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although the military was now in control of the country and Tojo was its top leader, he was not a dictator, because he still had to answer to a “Supreme Command” made up of civilian and military leaders.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hideki Tojo was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tojo was an ultra-nationalist who believed Japan must rely on its own power to establish itself as the dominant force in Asia. He was also a strong social and political conservative who believed Japan should purge itself of liberal democracy and establish authoritarian government.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tojo became known as ‘Razor Tojo’ because he was efficient, and rose quickly up the army ranks. Hideki Tojo led Japanese forces in Manchuria during the Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s. Tojo became Kwantung Army chief of staff in 1937.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hideki Tojo was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army who served as Japan’s prime minister from 1941 to 1944. He vocally supported Japanese expansion and a pre-emptive attack on the US and European colonial powers.