was a general in the

Imperial Japanese Army The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...

, commanding Japanese ground forces on

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

during the closing months of the war.

Biography

Miyake was born in

Okayama prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

. He graduated from the 24th class of the

Imperial Japanese Army Academy The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The programme consisted of a junior course for graduates of local army cadet schools and for those who had completed four years of middle school, and a senior course f ...

in May 1912. In March 1939, he was promoted to colonel in the infantry and was appointed Chief of the Ordnance Section of the

IJA 116th Division The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was . It was formed on 15 May 1938 in Kyoto as a B-class square division, simultaneously with the 106th Division. The nucleus for the formation was the 16th Division he ...

in 1939. This division was a new division which had been activated only a year earlier to reinforce the

Central China Expeditionary Army Central China Expeditionary Army ( ja, 中支那派遣軍, ''Nakashina hakengun'') was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On November 7, 1937 Japanese Central China Area Army (CCAA) was organized as a ...

during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

. In April 1940, Miyake was appointed Commanding Officer of the IJA 80th Infantry Regiment, a garrison force in

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

. In January 1943, the IJA 80th Infantry was sent to

and participated in the Battle of Lae-Salamaua and other battles. Miyake was promoted to

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

in March 1944. He returned to Japan as Commanding Officer of Okayama Regimental District in April: however, in May he was ordered back to New Guinea as command of the Infantry Group of the

IJA 20th Division The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the . Formation The 20th Division and the 19th Division were both raised as a garrison force for Korea. After Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War ...

. Miyake was at the

Battle of Finschhafen The Battle of Finschhafen was part of the Huon Peninsula campaign in New Guinea during World War II and was fought between Australian and Japanese forces. The fighting took place between 22 September and 24 October 1943 following the landing at S ...

against the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

between September and October 1943 during the

Huon Peninsula campaign The Huon Peninsula campaign was a series of battles fought in north-eastern Papua New Guinea in 1943–1944 during the Second World War. The campaign formed the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched in the Pacific in late 1943 ...

, but was forced to retreat after being defeated during the

Battle of Sattelberg The Battle of Sattelberg took place between 17 and 25 November 1943, during the Huon Peninsula campaign of the Second World War. Involving forces from Australia, the United States and Empire of Japan, Japan, the fighting centred on the Sattelberg ...

on 25 October 1943. Miyake was later in command of "Miyake Force" operating in New Guinea, before surrendering at the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He was released from prison on 1 March 1950.The Canberra Times, Thursday 2 March 1950, p.1.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyake, Sadahiko 1891 births 1956 deaths People from Okayama Prefecture Japanese military personnel of World War II Japanese generals