Fate of Top Officials of Imperial Japan
Japanese General Behind Japan’s WWII Massacres: Akira Muto
15m
He was educated in Japan’s most prestigious military institutions, but Akira Muto used his skills to wage a campaign of mass murder. He was one of Japan’s most ruthless WWII generals, responsible for the Nanjing Massacre and the Manila Massacre, where hundreds of thousands were murdered. From his rise through the elite Imperial Japanese Army to his role in orchestrating mass killings, torture, and rape, this is the story of the war criminal who ended his life on the gallows.
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