Iwaichi Fujiwara

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Iwaichi Fujiwara
Iwaichi Fujiwara as IJA officer
BornMarch 1, 1908
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
DiedFebruary 24, 1986(1986-02-24) (aged 77)
Allegiance Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Lieutenant General (JGSDF)
Commands heldF Kikan
1st Division of JGSDF
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Alma materImperial Japanese Army Academy
Army Staff College
In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Iwaichi Fujiwara (藤原 岩市, Fujiwara Iwaichi, March 1, 1908 − February 24, 1986) was an officer in the

Japan Ground Self Defense Force
.

Biography

A native of

Hyōgo prefecture, Fujiwara graduated from the 43rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1931 and was assigned to the IJA 37th Infantry Regiment. After serving a tour of duty in Tianjin, China, he returned to the Army Staff College and graduated from the 50th class in 1938, whereupon he was assigned to the IJA 21st Army
.

In 1939, Fujiwara was transferred to the

Netherlands East Indies. In 1943, Fujiwara and his unit were transferred to the IJA 15th Army. F-Kikan greatly assisted in the establishment of the Indian National Army
.

Knowing of the long struggle of the Dutch to subdue

Japanese Imperial Guard Division landed the following morning, the city was already in Japanese hands.[1]

Fujiwara subsequently served as Intelligence Officer on the staff of Fifteenth Army in Burma. He reconnoitered much of the northern part of the country in preparation for

British India. Following the failure of this offensive, almost all the staff of Fifteenth Army were transferred, although Fujiwara was the last to be reassigned, in December 1944.[2]

After his recall to Japan, Fujiwara taught at the

IJA 2nd Army in April 1945 and IJA 57th Army in June 1945. He was based in Singapore
at the end of the war.

Fujiwara was one of the few officers of the Imperial Japanese Army to make the transition to the postwar Japan

Ground Self-Defense Force, commanding the Home Defense Force in 1955, and the 1st District Corps -Tokyo (predecessor of 1st Division) in 1956, before his retirement as lieutenant general in 1964.[1]

Later in life, Fujiwara authored the book F. Kikan: Japanese Army Intelligence Operations in Southeast Asia during World War II, in which he described himself as the “

Lawrence of Arabia
of Southeast Asia”.

In popular culture

In the Amazon Prime Video Original Series The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye, Iwaichi Fujiwara is portrayed by a London-based Japanese actor Junichi Kajioka. In the Malaysian 2000 film Leftenan Adnan Fujiwara is portrayed by Farid Amirul.

References

Books

  • Lebra, Joyce C. (1977). Japanese trained Armies in South-East Asia. New York: Columbia University Press.
    ISBN 0-231-03995-6
    .
  • Fay, Peter W. (1993). The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence, 1942-1945. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
    ISBN 0-472-08342-2
    .
  • Fujiwara, Iwaichi (1983). F. Kikan: Japanese Army Intelligence Operations in Southeast Asia During World War 11. Heinemann.
    ISBN 962-225-072-6
    .

Footnotes

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  2. ^ Louis Allen, Burma: The Longest War, p. 386

External links

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