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On Tues. 18 Jul 1944 Hideki Tojo submitted his letter of resignation fo.....

1944-07-18

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Hideki Tojo submitted his letter of resignation for his position as the Prime Minister of Japan. He would be officially replaced by Kuniaki Koiso four days later.

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