I am referring specifically to the role of the then late Japanese Emperor in this war.
2007-04-03 06:40:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'm not sure who you refer to as the "then late" emperor. Hirohito, certainly, led Japan into WWII. Hirihito lived on several decades after WWII ended. But Hirohito was aligned with the Japanese Imperial Headquarters which was controlled by a war-hungry military.
2007-04-03 06:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Emperor Hirohito but primarily Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
2007-04-08 06:33:46 · answer #2 · answered by mhall0770 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emperor Hirohito, Hideki Tojo, and the military led Japan.
2007-04-04 05:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hirohito was the emperor of Japan. Most historians believe it was Tojo, the Prime Minister that carried Japan into WWII. Yamoto was in charge of the Navy till he was assassinated by the US with P-38's The Prime Minister was the guy in charge of Japan while the Emperor act as a figurehead like Britain. Hirohito saved Japan by forcing the military to Surrender to the Americans because he did not want to see anymore civilians to die by the Atomic bomb.
2007-04-03 08:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by MG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
2007-04-03 06:44:19 · answer #5 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Emperor Hirohito and Tojo Hideki
2007-04-04 03:45:00 · answer #6 · answered by Beer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
T o j o , Hideki (1884 - 1948)
Japanese general and premier 1941 - 44 during World War II. Promoted to chief of staff of Japan's Guangdong army in Manchuria in 1937, he served as minister for war 1940 - 41 where he was responsible for negotiating the tripartite Axis alliance with Germany and Italy in 1940. He was held responsible for defeats in the Pacific in 1944 and forced to resign. After Japan's defeat, he was hanged as a war criminal.
His main concern was winning the war in China, but both he and the Japanese army felt this was being hampered by the Western powers denying Japan vital resources. He brought Japan into the war to take Allied colonial possessions in the Pacific and Southeast Asia and put Japan in a position of strength in subsequent negotiations. As part of this strategy, he ordered the occupation of Indochina in 1941 and maintained peace negotiations with the USA right up until the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
2007-04-03 07:15:33 · answer #7 · answered by Hobilar 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Emperor Hirohito.
2007-04-03 06:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Emperor Hirohito was just a figurehead, the real power lied in the Prime Minister. If he would of said anything or tried to stop his generals he would of been stripped of power. If he was responsible he would of been tried as a war criminal like Tojo was.
2007-04-03 07:14:01 · answer #9 · answered by Steven 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hirohito was the King but was little more than a figurehead to the Military government led by Tojo
2007-04-03 11:05:44 · answer #10 · answered by Murray H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋