Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (born 1885)

Tomoyuki Yamashita

Japanese officer and war criminal (1885–1946)

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a 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". He was…