United States military tribunal in Manila
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The United States military tribunal in Manila was a post–World War II American military court convened in the Philippines to try Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and others for war crimes committed during the war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States military tribunal in Manila canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States military court
ⓘ
military tribunal ⓘ war crimes tribunal ⓘ |
| appeal | Yamashita v. Styer ⓘ |
| appealTo | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| appliedDoctrine | command responsibility ⓘ |
| authority |
Douglas MacArthur
ⓘ
surface form:
General Douglas MacArthur
|
| category |
United States military commission
ⓘ
surface form:
United States military tribunals
Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form:
World War II war crimes trials
|
| charge | war crimes ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convenedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateFormed | 1945 ⓘ |
| defendantsNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| defendantsRole |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Japanese Army officers
|
| executionMethodInYamashitaCase | hanging ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early application of command responsibility in international law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Philippines ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Articles of War
ⓘ
surface form:
Articles of War of the United States
laws and customs of war ⓘ |
| legalSystem | military justice system of the United States ⓘ |
| location |
Manila
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ |
| notableCase | trial of Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ |
| outcomeInYamashitaCase | guilty verdict ⓘ |
| oversight |
U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
United States military government in the Philippines
|
| period | post–World War II ⓘ |
| postwarContext | Allied war crimes prosecutions in Asia ⓘ |
| purpose | to try Japanese officers for war crimes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Pacific War
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific theater of World War II
occupation of the Philippines by Japan ⓘ |
| sentenceInYamashitaCase | death ⓘ |
| timeframeOfCrimes | Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ |
| triedPerson |
Japanese military personnel
ⓘ
Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfProceeding | court-martial–style proceeding ⓘ |
| victimRegion |
Luzon
ⓘ
Manila ⓘ |
| victimsNationality |
American
ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ |
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