MILITARY LEADER IN JAPAN
Hideki Tojo was born into a military family and graduated from the Imperial Military Academy and the Military Staff College. He served as a military attaché at the Japanese embassy in Berlin after World War I. This time abroad displayed Tojo’s talent for leadership and field command to the military in Japan, and he was promoted to lead the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army. In 1938, when Japan invaded China, Hideki Tojo became vice-minister of war. He also enthusiastically supported the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy in 1940. Tojo liked Germany and supported fascist doctrines, but he also desired this alliance because he mistrusted the Soviet Union.