was a general in the
Imperial Japanese Army during
World War II.
Biography
Inoue a native of
Kyoto Prefecture and a graduate of the 18th class of the
Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1905.
From 1933-1935, Inoue was commander of the Tsu Regimental District. He was transferred to the 6th Infantry Regiment in 1935, and became commander of the
3rd Imperial Guards Regiment in 1936.
With the start of the
Second Sino-Japanese War, Inoue was reassigned to the
IJA 5th Division, but was in charge of the Sendai Army Youth School and the 36th Infantry Brigade until 1938. Transferred to the
Kwantung Leased Territory
The Kwantung Leased Territory ( ja, 關東州, ''Kantō-shū''; ) was a leased territory of the Empire of Japan in the Liaodong Peninsula from 1905 to 1945.
Japan first acquired Kwantung from the Qing Empire in perpetuity in 1895 in the Trea ...
, he was assigned to staff positions within the
Kwantung Army Headquarters in 1939. However, on 6 November 1939, he was promoted to
commander in chief of the
IJA 23rd Division, helping rebuild that division after the disastrous battle of
Battle of Nomonhan
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and holding that post until 1 March 1941.
[Ammentorp, The Generals of World War II]
In 1941, Inoue formally retired from active military service. He was recalled to duty in 1945, serving as Commandant of the Toyama Army Infantry School until the end of the war. He died in 1975, and his grave is at the Tama Cemetery in
Fuchu, Tokyo.
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1886 births
1975 deaths
People from Kyoto Prefecture
Japanese generals
Japanese military personnel of World War II