Saigo No Sambo Socho Umezu Yoshi Jiro (Shodensha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] In July 1944, Umezu was appointed Chief of the General Staff. This was also the will of the Showa Emperor. That is how much the Showa Emperor trusted him. In June 1945, Umezu presented a military letter to the Emperor, who was shocked by the content of the letter and decided to end the war. The "final cleanup" of a man who graduated at the top of his class from the Army War College but was forced to clean up after the Army was the path to the Potsdam Declaration and the signing of the Instrument of Surrender, the end of the war. By following in his footsteps, this book sheds new light on the Showa Army and Showa history. The book also includes valuable testimonies and photographs obtained through interviews with the Umezu family. The book traces the little-known achievements of the last Chief of Staff, Umezu Mijirou.

昭和十九(一九四四)年七月、梅津美治郎は参謀総長に就任する。それは昭和天皇の意思でもあった。それだけ昭和天皇の信頼が篤かったのだ。梅津は昭和二十(一九四五)年六月に軍状を上奏、その内容に衝撃を受けた昭和天皇は終戦を決意したと言われる。陸軍大学を首席で卒業したエリートでありながら、陸軍の後始末ばかりさせられた男の“最後の後始末”こそ、ポツダム宣言および降伏文書調印に至る終戦への道である。その足跡を追うことで、昭和陸軍と昭和史に新たな光をあてる。梅津家への取材で得られた貴重な証言や写真も掲載。最後の参謀総長・梅津美治郎の知られざる功績を追う。