Seishirō Itagaki
Seishirō Itagaki | |
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板垣征四郎 | |
Minister of War of the Japanese Empire | |
| In office 3 June 1938 – 30 August 1939 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Hajime Sugiyama |
| Succeeded by | Shunroku Hata |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1885 General |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Pacification of Manchukuo Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
General Seishirō Itagaki (板垣 征四郎, Itagaki Seishirō, 21 January 1885 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a
War Minister
from 1938 to 1939.
Itagaki was a main conspirator behind the
war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
and executed in 1948.
Early life
Seishirō Itagaki was born on 21 January 1885 in
military school in Sendai
.
Military career
Hideki Tōjō (right) and Navy minister Mitsumasa Yonai
(left, in black Navy uniform, standing on the rock)Itagaki entered the
Russo–Japanese War. Itagaki married Kikuko Ogoshi, the daughter of his former mentor Kenkichi Ogoshi who died in the Battle of Mukden
.
From 1924 to 1926, Itagaki was a
IJA 10th Division.[3]
Japanese Seventh Area Army, at a formal ceremony of surrender held in the grounds of HQ Malaya Command
, Kuala Lumpur, 22 February 1946.Itagaki was recalled to Japan in 1938, briefly serving as
Japanese Seventh Area Army in Singapore and Malaya in April 1945. Itagaki surrendered Japanese forces in Southeast Asia to British Admiral Louis Mountbatten
in Singapore on 12 September 1945.
Death
After the war, Itagaki was taken into custody by the
prisoners of war during his term as commander of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. Itagaki was found guilty on counts 1, 27, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 54 and was condemned to death in 1948 by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Itagaki was hanged on 23 December 1948 at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.[9]
References
Notes
- ^ Budge, the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
- ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
- ^ Fuller, Shokan, Hirohito's Samurai
- ISBN 978-4-434-11358-1.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ a b "猶太人対策要綱". Five ministers council. Japan Center for Asian Historical Record. 1938-12-06. p. 36/42. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ Budge, Kent G. Tsuji Masanobu (1901–1961?). Pacific War Online Encyclopedia website. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ISBN 978-1682618967.
- ^ Maga, Judgement at Tokyo
Bibliography
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armor. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
- Maga, Timothy P. (2001). Judgment at Tokyo: The Japanese War Crimes Trials. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2177-9.
Further reading
- Bruno Birolli (2012) "Ishiwara, l'homme qui déclencha la guerre", ARTE éditions/Armand Colin.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seishirō Itagaki.
Wikiquote has quotations related to Seishirō Itagaki.
- Ammenthorp, Steen. "Itagaki Seishiro". The Generals of World War II.
- Budge, Kent. "Itagaki Seishiro". Pacific War Online Encyclopedia.
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