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Tomoyuki Yamashita

1885 - 1946

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Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文, Yamashita Tomoyuki, 8 November 1885 – 23 February 1946; also called Tomobumi Yamashita) was a Japanese convicted war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore. His conquest of Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earned him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history. He was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allies later in the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomoyuki Yamashita has received more than 1,964,419 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Tomoyuki Yamashita is the 363rd most popular military personnel (down from 296th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Japan (down from 104th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a Japanese general who was in charge of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He is most famous for his involvement in the war and his occupation of the Philippines.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 363 out of 2,058. Before him are Jozef Gabčík, Omar Pasha, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Levin August von Bennigsen, Sergei Skripal, and Nicolas Chauvin. After him are Ban Chao, Kirill Meretskov, Iwane Matsui, Lü Meng, Alexander Yegorov, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 39. Before him are Hugo Boss, Hermann Weyl, Erich von Stroheim, Hugo Sperrle, Luigi Russolo, and Kato Svanidze. After him are Giacomo Matteotti, Eduard Künneke, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Tamara Karsavina, Will Durant, and Romano Guardini. Among people deceased in 1946, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 41. Before him are Karl Hermann Frank, Ernest Thompson Seton, Empress Wanrong, Ignacy Mościcki, Milan Nedić, and Vojtech Tuka. After him are Othenio Abel, Francisco Largo Caballero, Döme Sztójay, Friedrich Jeckeln, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Gustav Noske.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 157 out of 6,245. Before him are Issey Miyake (1938), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Kenzō Takada (1939), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Junko Tabei (1939), and Kobayashi Issa (1763). After him are Iwane Matsui (1878), Ken Watanabe (1959), Shoko Asahara (1955), Osamu Yamaji (1929), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), and Emperor Ōjin (210).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 19. Before him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Okita Sōji (1842), Shunroku Hata (1879), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593). After him are Iwane Matsui (1878), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), and Honda Tadakatsu (1548).

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