Tomoyuki yamashita family

Tomoyoshi yamashita
Tomoyuki yamashita wife
Hisako nagayama

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1922-07-22–1926-03-16Attached to Army Technical Headquarters1922-07-22–1927-02-22Senior Staff Officer, Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War1926-03-16–1927-02-22Instructor at the War College1927-02-22–1929-08-01Military Attaché to Vienna1927-02-22–1929-08-01Military Attaché to Budapest1929-08-01–1930-08-01Attached to the General Staff1930-08-01–1932-04-11Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Regiment1932-04-11–1934-08-01Chief of Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War1934-08-01–1935-03-15Attached to the Ministry of War1934-08-01–1935-03-15Attached to the General Staff1934-08-01–1935-03-15Attached to Main Army Arsenal1935-03-15–1936-03-23Executive Officer, Military Research Department, Ministry of War1936-03-23–1937-08-26Commanding Officer 40th Infantry Brigade [Korea]1937-08-26–1938-07-15Commanding Officer China Garr

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Tomoyuki Yamashita (b. 8 November 1885, Osugi Mura, Shikoku, Japan–d. 23 February 1946, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines¹),was the Army Commander of the 25th Army that captured Malaya and Singapore during World War II. The capture was the most decisive victory of the East over the West.²

Yamashita distinguished himself as the “Tiger of Malaya” during World War II. After the war, he surrendered in the Philippines, where he was tried for war crimes by the Allied Forces.³He was hanged as a war criminal at 3.02 am on 23 February 1946 on Luzon Island, Manila, and buried in a Japanese cemetery at Los Banos Prisoner-of-war Camp, Philippine Islands.⁴ His record in history is a mix of brilliance and bad luck, and he is remembered as a higeki no shogun, a tragic general.⁵A waxwork model of Yamashita can be found at the Surrender Chambers, Waxwork Museum, Sentosa.⁶

Early life
Yamashita was the son of a village doctor, Sakichi. His mother, Yuu, was the daughter of a wealthy farmer.⁷He had two sist

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Tomoyuki Yamashita

Japanese officer and war criminal (1885–1946)

The native form of this personal name is Yamashita Tomoyuki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下奉文, Yamashita Tomoyuki, 8 November 1885 – 23 February 1946; also called Tomobumi Yamashita^[2]) was a Japanese convicted war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore. His conquest of Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earned him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history.^[3] He was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allies later in the war. Although he was unable to prevent the superior Allied forces from advancing, despite dwindling supplies and Allied guerrilla action, he was able to hold on to part of Luzon until after the formal S