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The Imperial Army: The Emperor Of Japan

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Many innocent people by the hundreds were slaughtered, killed, and raped by the nation's army, the imperial army. This army's supreme commander was, of course, the emperor. The emperor of Japan never really thought his army was wrong for the destruction they caused, if anything he strongly agreed and encouraged his soldiers. But the emperor wasn’t the only one ranked high in command. Alongside him, he had wartime ministers, in the government of Japan there are many war ministers, they usually give the orders and are occasionally very involved with politics. One of the finest of these ministers was Hideki Tōjō. He did slowly rank up and actually started in the police, he then became a lieutenant general in 1936 and by 1937 he became the Kwantung

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