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Originally Posted by sniper1shot
Yamashita....didn't he capture Singapore? (Not up on my Pacific battles)
I believe he was executed because he embarrassed the Allies.
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He did capture Singapore but was executed for the massacre of 25,000 Filipino civilians in 1944-45 while he was in command.
See also
Trial of Tomoyuki Yamashita. Law Reports, UNWCC, 1948. Part I for details and specifications of the charges and the trial.