Tojo

[ toh-joh ]

noun

Hi·de·ki [hee-de-kee], /ˈhi dɛˌki/, 1884–1948, Japanese general: executed for war crimes.

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What was America supposed to do after Pearl Harbor, put the keys to the Golden Gate in an airmail envelope and send them to Tojo?
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It was clear enough to every American that Hitler and Tojo were bad news, and that was that.
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Yet, as the documentarian Ken Burns has noted, he was responsible for the deaths of more Army soldiers than Hitler and Tojo.
More South-Bashing! | Michael Tomasky | May 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
And FDR did not wage war against all the enemies of freedom: He allied with Stalin to defeat Hitler and Tojo.
Let's End American Dominance | Peter Beinart | June 5, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Why are Hitler and Mussolini and Tojo insecure if we survive?
Proclaim Liberty! | Gilbert Seldes

I guess maybe something's being cooked up for Tojo and his boys.
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal | Robert Sydney Bowen

British Dictionary definitions for Tojo

Tojo

/ (ˈtəʊdʒəʊ) /

noun

Hideki (ˈhiːdɛˌkiː). 1885–1948, Japanese soldier and statesman; minister of war (1940–41) and premier (1941–44); hanged as a war criminal

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