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Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
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Lieutenant general
Military rank
Lieutenant general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Masaharu Homma
Japanese officer, war criminal 1887–1946
Masaharu Homma was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating to the actions of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bataan Death March
1942 Japanese war crime in the Philippines
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war (POWs) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)