Naozaburo Okabe
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Naozaburō Okabe (岡部 直三郎, Okabe Naozaburō, September 30, 1887 – November 23, 1946) was a General in the
Japanese Sixth Area Army from November 1944 until the end of World War II
.
Biography
Okabe was born in
military attache to Poland
. During his time in Poland, he acquired the latest code encryption technology from one of his contacts in the Polish General Staff.
After his return to Japan, Okabe served as an instructor at the Staff College from December 1928 to April 1930, during which time he was promoted to colonel. In April 1934, he received command of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment. In February 1932, he was assigned to the staff of the
Nomonhan Incident. He was subsequently transferred to command the Mongolia Garrison Army in September 1939, where his forces suffered a defeat against the Chinese during the Battle of Wuyuan
.
In September 1940, Okabe was recalled to Japan and attached to the
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. In 1940, he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd class. From December, he was head of the Army Technical Headquarters and became a member of the Supreme War Council
from October 1942. Simultaneously, he was also appointed as commandant of the Staff College. He was promoted to general in February 1943.
In October 1943, Okabe returned to the field as the commander of the newly-formed
war crimes
, but he died in prison due to illness of November 28, 1946 before he could come to trial.
References
- 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. "Naozaburo Okabe". The Generals of World War II.
- Valka.cz
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