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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]

• 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 in 1941 and, regarded by some as a scapegoat, was relieved of his command following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; Chester W. Nimitz replaced him. ^[e]

U.K. leadership

• Winston Churchill [r]: British Prime Minister and war leader during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945; second term from 1951 to 1955. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature as a historian. ^[e]

Other related topics

• 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]

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

• Submarine [r]: A ship or boat that can travel underwater ^[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]
• 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]