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Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文, Yamashita Tomoyuki, 8 November 1885 – 23 February 1946; also called Tomobumi Yamashita) was a Japanese convicted war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.
General Yamashita’s supreme command of the Philippines was established very late in the war, at a time when the Japanese were mostly cut off from land and sea, making the transport of treasure...
Yamashita Tomoyuki was a Japanese general known for his successful attacks on Malaya and Singapore during World War II. After graduating from the Army Academy (1905) and the Army War College (1916), Yamashita was an officer for the Army General Staff Office.
Sep 4, 2019 · On September 3, 1945, General Tomoyuki Yamashita formally surrendered to the Americans. Thus ends the Tiger of Malaya’s last campaign: broken, defeated, and surrendering to the very man he once defeated to gain his name.
Feb 18, 2020 · Yamashita’s eventual surrender and execution brought more than just closure and justice to the nation his army ravaged—to the world, his trial and death set a global precedent in international war crimes. His death birthed the Yamashita standard, or what many simply call command responsibility.
Aug 19, 2022 · Legend has it that General Tomoyuki Yamashita and his forces buried tonnes of gold and other stolen treasures in underground caves and tunnels in the country's north, with the intention of ...
Among the most important – and most controversial – war crimes trials arising from World War II, General Yamashita was accused of having “unlawfully disregarded and failed to discharge his duty as commander to control the operations of the members of his command, permitting them to commit brutal atrocities and other high crimes.”
Oct 14, 2014 · Who was Yamashita and what part did his skills as a commander play in Japan’s remarkable victory? The twisting path to high command. Yamashita’s career almost exactly spanned the period of the rise and fall of Japan’s imperial army.
May 19, 2020 · Yamashita was among those swung by Hitler’s arguments about overrunning India and offering East and South Africa to Japan. He pushed to press on with expansion, regardless of the...
