Homma trial
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The Homma trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Japanese General Masaharu Homma for war crimes committed by his forces against American and Filipino prisoners in the Philippines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homma trial canonical | 1 |
| In re Homma | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1384099 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homma trial Context triple: [Bataan Death March, legalAftermath, Homma trial]
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Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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Flick Trial
The Flick Trial was one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in which German industrialist Friedrich Flick and associates were prosecuted for exploiting forced labor and supporting the Nazi war effort during World War II.
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Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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E.
Ossian Sweet trial
The Ossian Sweet trial was a landmark 1925 court case in Detroit in which Black physician Ossian Sweet and his family were defended against murder charges after violently resisting a white mob attacking their home, becoming a pivotal moment in the legal battle against racial segregation and housing discrimination in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homma trial Target entity description: The Homma trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Japanese General Masaharu Homma for war crimes committed by his forces against American and Filipino prisoners in the Philippines.
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A.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Flick Trial
The Flick Trial was one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in which German industrialist Friedrich Flick and associates were prosecuted for exploiting forced labor and supporting the Nazi war effort during World War II.
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D.
Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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E.
Ossian Sweet trial
The Ossian Sweet trial was a landmark 1925 court case in Detroit in which Black physician Ossian Sweet and his family were defended against murder charges after violently resisting a white mob attacking their home, becoming a pivotal moment in the legal battle against racial segregation and housing discrimination in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military tribunal
ⓘ
post–World War II war crimes proceeding ⓘ war crimes trial ⓘ |
| charge |
failure to control troops
ⓘ
responsibility for atrocities against prisoners of war ⓘ violations of the laws and customs of war ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| concerns |
treatment of American prisoners of war
ⓘ
treatment of Filipino prisoners of war ⓘ |
| conductedBy |
United States Armed Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
United States military
|
| countryOfCourt |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defendantAffiliation | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| defendantRank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| defenseCounsel | John H. Skeen Jr. ⓘ |
| endDate | 1946-02-11 ⓘ |
| executionDate | 1946-04-03 ⓘ |
| executionMethod | firing squad ⓘ |
| executionPlace | Los Baños, Laguna ⓘ |
| foundDefendant | guilty ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Masaharu Homma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | United States Army ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–World War II occupation of the Philippines ⓘ |
| involvesCountry |
Japan
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | laws and customs of war ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineApplied | command responsibility ⓘ |
| location | Manila ⓘ |
| notableFor |
application of command responsibility to a theater commander
ⓘ
controversy over fairness of procedures ⓘ |
| partOf | post–World War II Allied war crimes trials ⓘ |
| presidingOfficer | Major General Leo Donovan ⓘ |
| prosecutor | Robert M. G. Emmett ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Homma trial
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
In re Homma
|
| relatedToEvent |
Bataan Death March
ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese invasion of the Philippines
|
| resultedIn | execution of Masaharu Homma ⓘ |
| reviewedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court
|
| sentence | death ⓘ |
| sentencingDate | 1946-02-11 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1945-12-19 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical debate on victor’s justice
ⓘ
legal scholarship on command responsibility ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | Philippines ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Homma trial Description of subject: The Homma trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Japanese General Masaharu Homma for war crimes committed by his forces against American and Filipino prisoners in the Philippines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
In re Homma