山下 奉文

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Imperial Japanese Army general person

山下 奉文 was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during World War II, earning him the nickname "The Tiger of Malaya."

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Label Occurrences
山下 奉文 canonical 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army general ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of Japan ⓘ
charge war crimes ⓘ
commanded Japanese 25th Army ⓘ
Japanese Fourteenth Area Army ⓘ
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
dateOfDeath 1946 ⓘ
education Army War College (Japan) ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ
era Showa era ⓘ
surface form: Shōwa period
familyName 山下 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName 奉文 ⓘ
languageSpoken Japanese ⓘ
legalDoctrineAssociated Yamashita standard ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
militaryDoctrine rapid offensive operations in Malaya ⓘ
name Yamashita Tomoyuki ⓘ
山下 奉文 ⓘ
nativeLanguage Japanese ⓘ
nickname Tiger of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: The Tiger of Malaya
notableEvent sentencing to death for command responsibility over atrocities ⓘ
surrender to Allied forces in the Philippines in 1945 ⓘ
notableFor capture of Singapore ⓘ
conquest of Malaya ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Malayan Campaign

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
placeOfBurial Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Kōa Cemetery, Tokyo
placeOfDeath Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines ⓘ
rank general ⓘ
side Axis powers ⓘ
surface form: Axis Powers

Japan ⓘ
theaterOfOperations China ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
wasTriedBy United States military tribunal in Manila ⓘ

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Tomoyuki Yamashita → nativeName → 山下 奉文 ⓘ
Yamashita Tomoyuki → nativeName → 山下 奉文 ⓘ