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Tojo's Totalitarian Power Grab
- Tojo consolidated enormous power by taking control of multiple government ministries and the army itself.
- His concentration of power resembled totalitarian leaders like Stalin or Putin.
Disease Devastated Japanese Troops
- Japanese soldiers suffered massive casualties from disease and starvation, far exceeding combat deaths.
- Poor medical support and logistics crippled their fighting capability, accelerating defeat.
Saipan Mass Civilian Suicides
- Faced with defeat on Saipan, thousands of Japanese civilians and soldiers committed mass suicide by leaping off cliffs.
- This tragic act was driven by military indoctrination and fear of American occupation.