Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer)
Masao Maruyama | |
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Lieutenant General | |
| Commands held | 6th Infantry Brigade IJA 2nd Division |
| Battles/wars | World War II
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Masao Maruyama (丸山 政男, Maruyama Masao, 13 September 1889 – 11 November 1957), was a
Biography
Maruyama was a native of
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, in charge of British and American military intelligence. He returned to England from 1934–1935, and was assigned to the Japanese embassy in London.[2]
After his promotion to colonel in 1935, Maruyama returned to the General Staff in Tokyo. From 1937–1938, he was commander of the 4th Regiment of the
China Incident of July 1937.[1] On 15 July 1938 he was promoted to major general, and assigned command of the IJA 6th Infantry Brigade.[1]
As
Matanikau action and the subsequent Battle for Henderson Field, in which Maruyama's troops were decisively defeated.[3] Maruyama and the survivors of his division were evacuated from Guadalcanal in February 1943. Maruyama remained in command of 2nd Division until the beginning of June 1943, when he was transferred to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff under Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama
.
Maruyama retired from active duty on 2 March 1944. He died on 11 November 1957.
Notes
References
- Ammentorp, Steen. "Maruyama Masao, Lieutenant-General (1889–1957)".
- ISBN 0-394-58875-4.
- L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
Other Information
Books
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
- Griffith, Samuel B. (1963). The Battle for Guadalcanal. Champaign, Illinois, US: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06891-2.
- Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Duncan Anderson (ed.). Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942–43. Oxford and New York: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-870-7.
Web
- Chen, Peter. "Maruyama Masao". WW2 Database.
- Hough, Frank O.; Ludwig, Verle E.; Shaw, Henry I. Jr. "Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal". History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II.
- Miller, John Jr. (1949). Guadalcanal: The First Offensive. United States Army In World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2006-07-04.
- Shaw, Henry I. "First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal". Marines in World War II Commemorative Series.
- Zimmerman, John L. (1949). "The Guadalcanal Campaign". Marines in World War II Historical Monograph.