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COMMANDER // 1884–1966

Yasuji Okamura

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Lifespan

1884 – 1966

190019251950Second Sino-Japanese War · 1937-1945Battle of Wuhan — October 27, 1938 · Japan · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Changsha — January 1, 1939 · Empire of Japan · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Nanchang — May 9, 1939 · Empire of Japan · Second Sino-Japanese War1939–1940 Winter Offensive — March 1, 1940 · Empire of Japan · Second Sino-Japanese WarOperation Ichi-Go — April 19, 1944 · Japan · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of West Hunan — April 6, 1945 · Japan · Second Sino-Japanese War

Active service 1938–1945 — 6 battles across 1 war; first command at age 54.

Profile

Yasuji Okamura was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army from November 1944 to the end of World War II, and appointed to surrender all Japanese forces involved in the China Burma India theater. He was tried but found not guilty of any war crimes by the Shanghai War Crimes Tribunal after the war. As one of the Imperial Japanese Army's top China experts, General Okamura spent his entire military career on the Asian mainland.

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Battles (6)

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