Tomoyuki Yamashita

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Imperial Japanese Army general human

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.

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Label	Occurrences
Tomoyuki Yamashita canonical	18

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
awardReceived	Order of the Golden Kite ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ
birthDate	1885-11-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kōchi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ Osugi, Shikoku, Japan ⓘ
charge	command responsibility for atrocities by Japanese troops in the Philippines ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War II ⓘ
convictedBy	United States military commission ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
deathDate	1946-02-23 ⓘ
deathPlace	Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines ⓘ
education	Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ surface form: Army War College (Japan) Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ
executedBy	United States Army ⓘ
legalCase	Yamashita v. Styer ⓘ
legalPrincipleAssociatedWith	Yamashita standard ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution by hanging ⓘ
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
name	Tomoyuki Yamashita self-link ⓘ
nativeName	山下奉文 ⓘ
nickname	Tiger of Malaya ⓘ
notableFor	commanding the Japanese conquest of Malaya ⓘ defense of the Philippines in 1944–1945 ⓘ leading the capture of Singapore in 1942 ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Singapore ⓘ Battle of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malayan Campaign Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
penalty	death ⓘ
placeOfDetention	Bilibid Prison ⓘ
positionHeld	commander of the 14th Area Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ commander of the 25th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ commander of the First Area Army ⓘ military attaché in Germany ⓘ
promotedToRank	general in 1940 ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
serviceYears	1905–1945 ⓘ
spouse	Hisako Nagayama ⓘ
surrenderedOn	1945-09-02 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: United States forces in the Philippines
wasTriedFor	war crimes ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific War → theaterCommander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) → commander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Battle of Singapore → commander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Tomoyuki Yamashita → name → Tomoyuki Yamashita self-link ⓘ

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → notableCommander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Battle of Malaya → commander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Singapore → commander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Battle of Manila (1945) → commander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Tiger of Malaya → refersTo → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Tiger of Malaya → appliedTo → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Yamashita v. Styer → hasParty → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Yamashita standard → namedAfter → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Hisako Nagayama → spouse → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Axis military leadership in World War II → hasKeyFigure → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → commandedBy → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Sook Ching massacre → orderedBy → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Battle of Jitra → commander → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ

Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) → notableHolder → Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ