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In Manila, Gerneral Tomoyuki Yamashita, the "Tiger of Malaya" who became the supreme commander of all Japanese forces in the Philippines, was brought to trial on Oct. 29, 1945, convicted and, on Dec. 7, 1945, sentenced to death. Yamashita's trial, conducted by a five-man U.S. military commission, was in fact the first major war crimes trial after World War II. This is an excerpt of the defendant on the stand on Nov. 21, 1945 ( ironically, the day of the Opening Statement by Justice Robert H Jackson at Nuremberg).
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