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Parent topics
- World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. [e]
- Japanese militarism [r]: The influence of military officers on the governance and foreign policy of Japan, principally prior to and including World War Two in the Pacific, but possibly including post-1945 developments [e]
- Strike-South Faction [r]: Japanese policymakers, in the military, Palace and government, who favored a war for resources that would invade Southeast Asia and the Pacific, directly confronting the Western powers although the initial plan was to avoid conflict with other than Britain [e]
Subtopics
Japanese leadership
- Hirohito [r]: The 124th and longest-reigning Emperor of Japan, 1926-89. [e]
- Hideki Tojo [r]: General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan 1941-1944; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (21 Feb 1944 - 18 Jul 1944); executed for war crimes in 1948 by order of the International Military Tribunal (Tokyo) [e]
- Kichisaburo Nomura [r]: Retired Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, who was the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. in 1941, generally accepted to be desirous of peace [e]
- Yoshimichi Hara [r]: (1867-1944) President of the Privy Council (Japan), 24 June 1940 – 7 August 1944, Strike-North Faction advocate who saw avoiding Pearl Harbor as giving up the gains of the Russo-Japanese-War, Manchurian Incident, and First Sino-Japanese War [e]
- Shigenori Togo [r]: Japanese career diplomat, and Foreign Minister of Japan in governments at the start, and at the end, of World War Two in the Pacific; peace advocate who died in prison, sentenced to 20 years for planning aggressive war [e]
- Hajime Sugiyama [r]: Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (3 Oct 1940 - 21 Feb 1944); Inspector General of Military Education {1 Aug 1936 - 9 Feb 1937) and {18 Jul 1944 - 22 Jul 1944) [e]
- Osami Nagano [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. leadership
- Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. [e]
- Cordell Hull [r]: (1871-1955) American attorney, political leader and diplomat; longest tenure as U.S. Secretary of State (1933-1944); especially interested in international organizations and received Nobel Peace Prize for contributions there; negotiated to avert World War Two in the Pacific [e]
- Henry Stimson [r]: American lawyer, soldier, and Cabinet member. [e]
- George C. Marshall [r]: Army Chief of Staff (WWII), Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense (Korean War)and sponsor of the Marshall Plan. [e]
- Harold Stark [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Husband Kimmel [r]: U.S. Naval officer who was the commander of the Pacific Fleet at the Battle of Pearl Harbor; relieved of command (sometimes regarded as a scapegoat); Chester W. Nimitz replaced him [e]
U.K. leadership
- Winston Churchill [r]: (1874 -1965) WWI Colonial Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who led Britain to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II; Nobel Prize in Literature as a historian [e]
- Koshiro Oikawa [r]: Navy Minister of Japan in 1940; resigned with the Konoe government's replacement by the Tojo cabinet and replaced by Shigetaro Shigimada; became Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Navy) in 1944 [e]
