Tasuku Okada

Tasuku Okada (岡田 資, Okada Tasuku, April 14, 1890 – September 17, 1949) was a Japanese officer during World War II.

Okada was found guilty, sentenced to death, and hanged in 1949.

Okada took responsibility for ordering the execution of 38 captured U.S. POWs, after he considered them to be war criminals for the firebombings of Japan.

[1][2] The war crimes trial of Okada was depicted in the 2007 film, Best Wishes for Tomorrow.

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