Yamashita Tomoyuki

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Yamashita Tomoyuki was a prominent World War II Japanese general best known for leading the successful 1942 conquest of Singapore, earning him the nickname "The Tiger of Malaya."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese general ⓘ
World War II person ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
chargedWith war crimes ⓘ
commanded 25th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
linked to: Japanese 25th Army

Japanese Fourteenth Area Army ⓘ
Japanese forces in Malaya ⓘ
Japanese forces in the Philippines ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
convictedOf war crimes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1885-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1946-02-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Army War College (Japan) ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ
era Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era
familyName Yamashita ⓘ
givenName Tomoyuki ⓘ
legalDoctrineAssociatedWith command responsibility (Yamashita standard) ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ
name Yamashita Tomoyuki ⓘ
nativeName 山下 奉文 ⓘ
nickname The Tiger of Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Tiger of Malaya

Tiger of Malaya ⓘ
notableEvent surrender of British forces at Singapore in February 1942 ⓘ
notableFor being a key figure in the development of the command responsibility doctrine in international law ⓘ
commanding Japanese forces in the Malayan Campaign ⓘ
leading the 1942 conquest of Singapore ⓘ
notableWork planning and execution of the Malayan Campaign ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Malayan Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya

Philippines Campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kōchi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
Osugi, Shikoku, Japan ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines ⓘ
positionHeld general in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
surrenderedTo United States forces in the Philippines ⓘ
trialHeldBy United States military commission ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Japanese Army → notableCommander → Yamashita Tomoyuki ⓘ
Yamashita Tomoyuki → name → Yamashita Tomoyuki ⓘ
山下 奉文 → name → Yamashita Tomoyuki ⓘ
Yamashita v. Styer → involvesPerson → General Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
linked to: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Battle of Kampar → commander → Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
linked to: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Sook Ching → commandedBy → General Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
linked to: Yamashita Tomoyuki