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=**Hideki Tojo**= Tojo was a military leader and was personally involved in Japan's full war against China after an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge in 1937 began the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1940, Tojo would be appointed premier by Emporer Hirohito. The new premier of Japan was Tojo Hideki. He was a hard-line military general who favored Japanese control of the Pacific and hated the United States.

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