Tojo's Defeat
Tojo's Resignation
When Tojo's forces started to lose territory in the Pacific because of the United States island Hopping tactic it was a turning point in the war. Eventually Tojo Resigned as Prime Minister of Japan and Minister of War to live in seclusion because the people of Japan started to blame him for Japans horrible state and basicly forced him to resign, so he fleed with his wife and family to a less populous area of Japan and waited out the rest of World War II. After the war, General Douglas MacArthur, apart of the occupying force called out Hideki Tojo along with others as criminals of war and as the Military Police went to detain him for his trial, He tried to commit suicide in 1945, the year of Japan's formal surrender, but failed and was recovered in stable condition so he was fit for trial.
Hideki's Trial and Execution
Hideki Tojo realized that he would be charged with war crimes, but his main focus was to take all the blame and not let Emperor Hirohito be charged, because his ultimate goal before all others was to server and protect the emperor no matter what, which is known as Bushido. Near the end of the trial Hideki Tojo along with 6 others were charged with the actions of the Empire of Japan during World War II by the International Military Tribunal along with the 6 other Japanese officials and he was sentenced to death by hanging and was hung at the age of 63 on December 23, 1948 for his war crimes by the U.S occupying forces. His final speech before he was hung talked about the atrocities committed the Empire of Japan and he warned the world about communism, Some say he foreshadowed the Cold War. Around the time of his death, the Korea he fought so hard to keep apart of Japan had split into two countries, North and South Korea and President Harry S. Truman was in office.