Tadashi Katakura
Katakura Tadashi (片倉 衷, Katakura Tadashi, 18 May 1898 – 23 July 1991) was a Japanese general who fought in World War II.[1]
Katakura was a prominent member of the
26 February Incident
in 1936, and indeed sustained a head wound at the time.
He was on the staff of the
Thirty-third Army from 8 April 1944 to 19 June 1944. He was commander of the 202nd Division
.
Later life
Katakura resigned in December 1945.
In 1989 he appeared as himself (Kwantung Army Officer, 1931) in The Road to War, a television documentary miniseries, narrated by Charles Wheeler.
Katakura died in 1991.
References
- ^ "Katakura Tadashi". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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