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Organization Of Japanese Forces In Southeast Asia
Organization of Japanese forces in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II. Southern Army Command (Indochina HQ) * Hisaichi Terauchi, Commander of Southern Army * Seiichi Aoki, Assistant Chief of Staff Southern Army *Kitsuju Ayabe, Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army *Masazumi Inada, Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army *Jo Iimura, Chief of Staff Southern Army Japanese Forces in Hong-Kong * Takeo Ito: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 38th Division, Hong Kong *Rensuke Isogai: Governor-General of Hong Kong *Major-General Ichiki: Head Secretariat to Governor-General of Hong Kong *Juro Adachi: General Officer Commanding Hong Kong Defence Force *Major-General Arisue: Chief of Staff 23rd Army, China-Hong Kong Conformation of Indochina Army Garrison Commanders-in-Chief Indochina Army Garrison *Yuitsu Tsuchihashi:- Commanding General, Indo-China Garrison Army * Hisaichi Terauchi:- Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army, Field Marshal; formally surrendered his command, Saigon, was moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-East Asian Theatre Of World War II
The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma, India, Malaya and Singapore between 1941 to 1945. Japan attacked British and American territories with near-simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific on 7/8 December 1941. Action in this theatre ended when Japan announced an intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal surrender of Japan ceremony took place on 2 September 1945. Outbreak of hostilities Conflict in this theatre began when the Empire of Japan invaded French Indochina in September 1940 and rose to a new level following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and simultaneous attacks on Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Malaya on 7 and 8 December 1941. The main landing at Singora (now Songkhla) on the east side of the Isthmus of Kra preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor by several hours. Although Japan declared war on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teizo Ishiguro
Ishiguro Teizo ( 石黒貞蔵) (October 15, 1887 – January 8, 1950), was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Japanese Army of military personnel commanding first the 6th Army in 1943 and then the 29th Army in Malaya until the end of the war. He held the Isao tertiary Order of the Golden Kite. Career Born in Tottori Prefecture, Teizo attended Tottori junior high school. He attended a Military Academy in May 1907 and become a second lieutenant in the 40th Infantry Regiment after his graduation. Teizo became an infantry instructor rising to the rank of major by March 1924. Ishiguro, Teizo, retrieved 16 March 2023 He served at the Toyama, Toyama, Toyama Army school and the Shimoshizu Army flight school. Appointed a lieutenant-col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiharu Iwanaka
Yoshiharu is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yoshiharu can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *義治, "justice, to manage" *義春, "justice, spring" *義温, "justice, to warm up" *吉治, "good luck, to manage" *吉春, "good luck, spring" *吉温, "good luck, to warm up" *善治, "virtuous, to manage" *善春, "virtuous, spring" *芳治, "virtuous/fragrant, to manage" *芳春, "virtuous/fragrant, spring" *良治, "good, to manage" *良春, "good, spring" *慶治, "congratulate, to manage" *由治, "reason, to manage" *与志治, "give, determination, to manage" *嘉治, "excellent, to manage" *嘉温, "excellent, to warm up" The name can also be written in hiragana よしはる or katakana ヨシハル. Notable people with the name *, Japanese musician and record producer *, Japanese shōgun *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese shogi and chess player *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoyuki Yamashita
was a Japanese officer and convicted war criminal, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earning him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history. Yamashita was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allied forces later in the war, and while unable to prevent the Allied advance, he was able to hold on to part of Luzon until after the formal Surrender of Japan in August 1945. After the war, Yamashita was tried for war crimes committed by troops under his command during the Japanese defense of the occupied Philippines in 1944. Yamashita denied ordering those war crimes and denied having knowledge that they ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikichi Tsukada
was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Tsukada was born in Ishikawa Prefecture. In May 1916, he graduated from the 28th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. In November 1924, he graduated from the 36th class of the Army Staff College. He was assigned to administrative work within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office. He later changed to the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, becoming an instructor at the Hamamatsu Army Flight School in March 1933. He was attached to the staff of the Japanese China Garrison Army from May 1936 and to the intelligence staff of the Japanese Northern China Area Army from the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. In March 1938, he was promoted to colonel, and appointed commander of the IJAA 7th Air Regiment from June. In December 1939 he was transferred to become chief-of-staff of the IJAA First Air Brigade. Tsukada was promoted to major general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuo Yokoyama
was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, who is noted for his role in the Battle of Manila during the final days of World War II. Biography Yokoyama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture as the eldest son of a village mayor. He graduated from the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1912 and the 37th class of the Army Staff College in 1925. His rise through the ranks was steady and rapid, serving in mostly staff and administrative posts within the Chosen Army and Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. aside from a brief combat deployment during the Japanese intervention in Siberia and an observation tour in Europe in 1934. He was as appointed commander of the Kwantung Army's Railway Zone serving in that post until 1937. With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Yokoyama was appointed commander of the IJA 2nd Infantry Regiment from March 1938 to March 1939, whereupon he was promoted to major general. He was assigned command of the 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinpei Fukuei
Shinpei or Shimpei (written: , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese farmer *, Japanese songwriter *, Japanese linguist *, Japanese anthropologist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *Shimpei Takeda Shimpei Takeda (born in Japan) is a visual artist and filmmaker who has lived and worked in New York City since 2002. While primarily working with photographic material, he has also collaborated with composers and sound artists through his video wo ..., Japanese photographer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigenori Kuroda
was a Japanese lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army and the Japanese Governor-General of the Philippines during World War II. Biography Kuroda was born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka and graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1909 and the 29th class of the Army Staff College in 1916. His classmates included Tomoyuki Yamashita and Shizuichi Tanaka. From 1917 to 1918, he was with Japanese forces assigned to the Siberian intervention, during which time he was promoted to captain. In 1922, Kuroda served as military attaché in England and was promoted to major. From 1935-1937, he served as military attaché in British India. In 1937, he was promoted to major general and given command of the IJA 26th Division. Battle of Wuyuan Kuroda commanded the IJA 26th Division in the Battle of Wuyuan in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The battle, which was part of the Japanese counterattack in response to the Chinese 1939-40 Winter Offensive, resulted to a Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadasu Kataoka
was a Japanese career diplomat and cabinet minister of Meiji-era Japan. Early life He was born Satō Shingoro in Sakura city, Shimōsa Province (present-day Chiba prefecture),Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 144. as the son of Satō Taizen, a physician practising "Dutch medicine" for the Sakura Domain. He sometimes referred to himself as "Satō Tosaburō". He was adopted as a child by Hayashi Dokai, a physician in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate, from whom he received the name Hayashi Tadasu. He learned English at the Hepburn Academy (the forerunner of Meiji Gakuin University) in Yokohama . From 1866 to 1868, Hayashi studied in Great Britain at University College School and King's College London as one of fourteen young Japanese students (including Kikuchi Dairoku) sent by the Tokugawa government on the advice of the then British foreign minister Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby. Hayashi returned home in the midst of the Boshin War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōsaku Suzuki
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Early career Born in Aichi prefecture, Suzuki graduated from the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1912. After leaving 31st class of the Army War College in 1921, he served as a resident officer in Germany from 1922 to 1925. Winning promotion to captain in 1927, he was assigned to the Army Ministry's Military Affairs Section the following year. Transferred to the Kwangtung Army in 1933, Suzuki served in Manchukuo for three years as Chief of the Kempeitai and, shortly following his promotion to major in 1935, he became commander of the IJA 4th Infantry Regiment until 1937. Promoted to major general in July1938, Suzuki was named Vice Chief of Staff of the Central China Expeditionary Army where he served until September 1939, when he became Vice Chief-of-staff of the China Expeditionary Army. He returned to an administrative assignment at the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff in Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
