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Facts

Born June 15, 1880 • Japan
Died January 5, 1947 (aged 66) • Tokyo • Japan
Role In Pearl Harbor attack • World War II

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Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese naval officer
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Genda Minoru
Japanese naval officer
Tōjō Hideki
Tōjō Hideki
prime minister of Japan
Suzuki Kantarō
Danshaku Suzuki Kantarō
prime minister of Japan
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Japanese emperor Hirohito, 1982
Hirohito
emperor of Japan
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Ōkawa Shūmei
Japanese political theorist and writer
Ugaki Kazushige.
Ugaki Kazushige
Japanese statesman
Araki Sadao.
Araki Sadao
Japanese general and statesman
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Homma Masaharu
Japanese general
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Japanese diplomat
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Japanese general
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Higashikuni Naruhiko
prime minister of Japan
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki
prime minister of Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
Iva Toguri d'Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose, sits with her hands folded in her lap, wearing a collared shirt and vest, looking toward the camera.
Iva Toguri D’Aquino
American broadcaster
Miller, Doris
Doris Miller
United States naval serviceman
British prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Chesty Puller
Chesty Puller
United States Marine Corps officer

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