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COMMANDER // 1889–1952

Isamu Yokoyama

lieutenant generalJapanJapan3 battles1 war

Lifespan

1889 – 1952

1890190019101920193019401950Second Sino-Japanese War · 1937-1945Battle of Changde — November 2, 1943 · Empire of Japan · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of West Hubei — May 12, 1943 · Empire of Japan · Second Sino-Japanese WarOperation Ichi-Go — April 19, 1944 · Japan · Second Sino-Japanese War

Active service 1943–1944 — 3 battles across 1 war; first command at age 54.

Profile

Isamu Yokoyama was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War. In 1948, he was sentenced to death by a military commission for Yokohama War Crimes Trials due to his direct command responsibility for vivisection and other human medical experiments performed at the Kyushu Imperial University on downed Allied airmen. His sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment and he died in prison in 1952.

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Battles (3)

Last verified June 2026
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