Yamashita War Crimes Trial

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yamashita_War_Crimes_Trial
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf war crime
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:U.S._Supreme_Court
gptkbp:authority United States Military Commission
gptkbp:category Military trial
Post-World War II trial
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkbp:defenseAttorney gptkb:Harry_E._Clarke,_Sr.
gptkbp:endDate December 7, 1945
gptkbp:executedBy gptkb:Los_Baños,_Laguna,_Philippines
February 23, 1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yamashita War Crimes Trial
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Major_General_Russell_B._Reynolds
gptkbp:location gptkb:Manila,_Philippines
gptkbp:notableFor establishing command responsibility in international law
gptkbp:principle command responsibility
gptkbp:prosecutor gptkb:Colonel_Harry_Clarke
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_II
Japanese war crimes
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Yamashita_Standard
gptkbp:sentence death
gptkbp:startDate October 29, 1945
gptkbp:SupremeCourtDecision gptkb:In_re_Yamashita
February 4, 1946
upheld conviction
gptkbp:verdict guilty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7