After graduating from the Japanese Military Academy Hideki Tojo was appointed an army captain, the commanding officer of the Third Imperial Guards Regiment. It was from this first position that Tojo's quickly rising military career began. Then five years later, in 1920, Hideki was appointed Major while abroad in Europe. Two years later, shortly after returning from Europe, Tojo was employed as an instructor at the Army Staff College where he remained for two more years until 1924 when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel for the Japanese Military. He held this position until asked to be colonel. Now more powerful, he was in charge of commanding the 1st Infantry Regiment. This position was a large reason why Tojo became interested and involved in military politics. In 1933, Hideki was appointed a Major General for four years until he was promoted to Head of Military Police, overseeing the Kwantung Army. Only one year later, Tojo accepted the position Vice-Minister of war. Two years later, in 1940, he was again promoted this time to the Minister of War, now he was in the cabinet of his predecessor, Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro. Only one year after this, Hideki took over the role of Prime Minister promising a "New Order in Asia" (Tojo Hideki | Biography - Prime Minister of Japan). It was this promise that caused Tojo to lead his troops to one of the most well-known events in WWII.
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