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COMMANDER // 1889–1947

Hisakazu Tanaka

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18891947

189019001910192019301940Second Sino-Japanese War · 1937-1945Operation Ichi-Go — April 19, 1944 · Japan · Second Sino-Japanese War

Active service 19441 battle across 1 war; first command at age 55.

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Hisakazu Tanaka (né Koganei) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in World War II. His given name is occasionally transliterated "Hisaichi".

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