General Tojo Part 3: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Real Dictators
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The Japanese's Response to Pearl Harbor
In 1942, a vital US base on the tiny atoll of Midway will become the setting for Japan's first naval defeat in 75 years. America transported one and a half million soldiers to Asia, 6,000 miles away. No country has ever done that or will ever do that again. Tojo might be a de facto dictator in many aspects of Japanese political life, such as the range of powers and offices he holds. But ultimately, his career does rest on pleasing a single superior man. He can't explain a way, defeat.
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