Mention the name Hideki Tojo, I think many people are not unfamiliar, he is the notorious "razor general" in history, one of the leading war criminals in Japan's Pacific War, and a representative figure of Japanese militarism.
Hideki Tojo died at the age of sixty-four, and in his not-so-long life, he committed many crimes on the land of China that could not be forgiven by the world, such as the crusade against the anti-Japanese armed forces such as the Volunteer Army, the launch of the "226" incident, and the attempt to invade and occupy China's territory in north China.
After Japan announced its unconditional surrender in August 1945, the evil-ridden Japanese army general finally brought him to trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He was convicted of waging a war against other countries, anti-humanitarianism and many other crimes and sentenced to death by hanging.
It was resentful that even a moment before his death, Hideki Tojo denied his sins. Some Japanese defended him, saying that it was Hideki Tojo's wife who should be hanged the most, not Hideki Tojo. The woman behind him was the biggest demon.
Tojo Hideki was born into a samurai family, and his father, Hideki Tojo, had fought in wars and written books on the art of war, and had considerable military experience.
Growing up in such a family with a strong military atmosphere, Hideki Tojo naturally aspired to become a soldier and make meritorious achievements on the battlefield. With this ideal in mind, he successively entered the Tokyo Local Army Junior School and the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School.
In Tojo's youth, a distant relative came to the family to spend the night. This person, named Katsuko Ito, was admitted to Tokyo Women's University and came to the Tojo family for the convenience of life.
Katsuko Ito is at the right age, good looking, and talented. Hideki Tojo is about the same age as her, chatting quite closely, coupled with the long-term coexistence under the same roof, the two gradually developed a good feeling for each other.
After the relationship stabilized, Hideki Tojo wanted to officially marry Katsuko Ito, so he showed his father the relationship between the two. There is no doubt that his father, Hideo Tojo, did not allow the two of them to marry, after all, they were more or less related by blood.
However, Katsuko Ito was very determined, and in order to win the support of Tojo Ingeni for the marriage, she did not hesitate to drop out of Tokyo Women's University and give up her great future. In the end, with the hard work of Katsuko Ito, she and Hideki Tojo entered the palace of marriage.
After marriage, Katsuko Ito changed her name to Tojo Katsuko and wholeheartedly became a housewife to support her husband Hideki Tojo's career pursuits.
At that time, Hideki Tojo planned to enter the Army University, but it coincided with his father's illness and needed to be cared for. In order to reassure her husband, Katsuko Ito took care of all the affairs of the family and properly cared for her father-in-law lying in a hospital bed. In addition, she also instructed Hideki Tojo academically.
With the help of this virtuous wife, Hideki Tojo devoted himself to his studies and was successfully admitted to the Army University. After that, he had a smooth career, even rising to the top of the prime minister's position.
During this period, Ito Katsuko did not completely give up her career pursuits, and she not only took on the role of Hideki Ken Uchisuke Tojo, but later became the president of the Women's Association, playing a significant role in Japan's expansion.
Hideki Tojo admired his wife's contribution to the Japanese Empire and felt that as an iron-blooded man, he should charge forward and contribute to the country's expansion.
In October 1941, Hideki Tojo, then Prime Minister of Japan, decided to go to war against the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Although these policies were opposed by some people, Ito Katsuko openly expressed her support for her husband and gradually persuaded the people in a series of activities, so that Tojo Hideki regained confidence.
Hideki Tojo, who believed in militarism and fascism, had great ambitions for a war of aggression. In August 1935, the Kwantung Army planned to attack the anti-Japanese armed forces in the northeast region in an attempt to kill the anti-Japanese forces in one fell swoop.
Hideki Tojo seized the opportunity and proposed to start with the crusade against our anti-Japanese armed forces and find a breakthrough point, thus creating a new situation for the gendarmerie in the war of aggression.
In the Kwantung Army, where Hideki Tojo was chief of staff, the soldiers had a clear attitude of supporting the hardliners and strongly demanded an attack on north China, thus gradually invading and occupying our country. Under the pretext of so-called justice, they falsely claimed that our army posed a great threat to Manchukuo's rule.
After this, Hideki Tojo led the Mongolian Army to continue to commit evil on Chinese territory, this time targeting the Chahar region. In September 1937, Hideki Tojo's series of battles in Datong, Jining, Baotou and other places became a pioneering campaign in the history of Japanese Army operations.
In December 1941, at the behest of Hideki Tojo, the Japanese Combined Fleet launched a sneak attack on pearl harbor, a U.S. naval base, inflicting heavy damage on the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The next day, the Pacific War broke out.
Subsequently, the Japanese army began to launch four offensives to Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries and regions, and fully implemented the "southward expansion" plan.
The war of aggression against China launched by Japanese militarism was the most tragic war in human history. 35 million innocent people in our country have lost their lives in this war, countless families have been torn apart, and countless lands have been stained with blood...
After Japan's defeat, Hideki Tojo was tried by a military tribunal, was found a Class A war criminal, and was eventually sentenced to hanging.
As an important initiator of the war of aggression against China and the Pacific War, Hideki Tojo, along with Hitler and Messoniri, became the three fascist leaders of World War II and the three demons in human history.
China, south Korea, and some Southeast Asian countries, which have been deeply affected by the war of aggression, have always demanded that Japan apologize for its crimes, and it is even more bitter that hideki Tojo is a war criminal. In Haikou, China, there was once a sculpture of Hideki Tojo kneeling down to apologize. South Korea has also erupted in mass wrist-cutting protests to demand repentance from Japan.
In Japan, many people believe that Ito Katsuko should also be punished by the law, and they feel that it is Ito Katsuko's connivance and help that has led Hideki Tojo on the road of no return. If Hideki Tojo is a demon, then Katsuko Ito is the creator of the demon.
Even though public opinion in Japan was unfavorable to Katsuko Ito, she did not seem to take these remarks to heart. After the death of her husband, she still ignored the negative comments of the outside world and lived her own life until she died in her 90s.
Katsuko Ito, like her husband, may never reflect on her sins. She will never realize what a terrible disaster she has brought to the Chinese people and to world peace by helping Hideki Tojo become a war demon who ignores the spirit of humanitarianism.