Yamashita
tomoyuki
[taw-maw-yoo-kee] /ˈtɔ mɔˈyu ki/ (show ipa), (“the tiger of malaya”) 1885–1946, j-panese general.
noun
tomoyuki (ˌtəʊməʊˈjuːkɪ). 1885–1946, j-panese general. he commanded j-panese forces in the malayan campaign in world war ii and took singapore (1942); captured (1945) and hanged
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