Jun Ushiroku
Jun Ushiroku | |
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Order of the Sacred Treasures (1st class) (1st class)Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class) Order of the Rising Sun |
Jun Ushiroku (後宮 淳, Ushiroku Jun, 28 September 1884 – 24 November 1973) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Biography
Born in what is now part of the city of
Chief of Staff of the IJA 4th Division
.
Ushiroku was promoted to
Marco Polo Bridge Incident, he expressed his opposition to further expansion of the Army into China. However, in August 1937 he was promoted to lieutenant general and in October became commander of the IJA 26th Division.[1] At the time, this was a garrison force to provide security for central Manchukuo and from July 4, 1938, it was attached to the Mongolia Garrison Army in Inner Mongolia
.
In 1939, he was reassigned to command the
Japanese home islands. He remained in this post until February 1944.[3]
In February 1944, he was hand-picked by Prime Minister
anti-tank weapons by this stage of the war.[5]
After the collapse of the
Port Arthur railway, buying time to allow many Japanese civilians to flee. By 13 August 1945, his formations were largely shattered, and a mutiny by the Manchukuo Imperial Army at Shinkyō ended his attempts to regroup. He surrendered to the Soviet army on 21 August 1945. He spent more than a decade as an internee in the Soviet Union
. Ushiroku returned to Japan on 26 December 1956.
Ushiroku served as Chairman of the Japan Veterans Association until his death in 1973. His grave is at the
Fuchu, Tokyo
.
Family
Ushiroku's elder brother, Shintaro Ushiroku (1873-1959) was a noted entrepreneur and industrialist in
Republic of Korea
.
References
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armor. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
- Fukagawa, Hideki (1981). (陸海軍将官人事総覧 (陸軍篇)) Army and Navy General Personnel Directory (Army). Tokyo: Fuyo Shobo. ISBN 4829500026.
- Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85043-569-3.
- Hata, Ikuhiko (2005). (日本陸海軍総合事典) Japanese Army and Navy General Encyclopedia. Tokyo: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 4130301357.
External links
- Ammenthorp, Steen. "Ushiroku, Jun". The Generals of World War II.
- Budge, Kent. "Ushiroku, Jun". Pacific War Online Encyclopedia.
- Chen, Peter. "Ushiroku, Jun". WW2 Database.
Footnotes
- ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
- ^ 『官報』第4183号「叙任及辞令」December 14, 1940
- ^ Axis History Factbook: Central District Army (Japan)
- ^ Axis History Factbook: Army General Staff (Japan)
- ^ Chen, WW2 Database