Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo being settled in bed prior to receiving a blood ...

Accession Number P04757.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Japan: Kanto, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama
Date made 12 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo being settled in bed prior to receiving a blood transfusion at No. 98 Evacuation Hospital Yokohama the day after he attempted suicide by shooting himself. He recovered and was later hanged as a war criminal.

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