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Yoshijirō Umezu

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(January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. [1]

61 relations: Allies of World War II, Army War College (Japan), Ōita Prefecture, Battleship, Christianity, Colorectal cancer, Commander-in-chief, Coup d'état, Denmark, Empire of Japan, First Army (Japan), General officer, Germany, Hajime Sugiyama, Hayao Tada, Hideki Tojo, Hirohito, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Army Academy, Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, Imperial Way Faction, Infantry, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese China Garrison Army, Japanese war crimes, Kantarō Suzuki, Kazushige Ugaki, Kōtarō Nakamura, Kenkichi Ueda, Kiyoshi Katsuki, Korechika Anami, Kumamoto, Kuniaki Koiso, Kwantung Army, Kwantung Leased Territory, Lieutenant general, Life imprisonment, Major general, Military attaché, Ministry of the Army, Moderate, Nakatsu, Ōita, Otozō Yamada, Radicalism (historical), Sadao Araki, Second Sino-Japanese War, Soemu Toyoda, Stanford University Press, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, ..., Supreme War Council (Japan), Surrender of Japan, Switzerland, Tōseiha, Tetsuzan Nagata, University Press of Kentucky, War crime, War of aggression, World War I, Yoshio Shinozuka, 2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army). Expand index (11 more) »

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

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Army War College (Japan)

The; Short form: of the Empire of Japan was founded in 1882 in Minato, Tokyo to modernize and Westernize the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Ōita Prefecture

is a prefecture on Kyushu region of Japan.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer and colon cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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First Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Hajime Sugiyama

was a Japanese field marshal who served as successively as chief of the Army General Staff, and minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II between 1937 and 1944.

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Hayao Tada

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Hideki Tojo

Hideki Tojo (Kyūjitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機;; December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944.

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Hirohito

was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Imperial Japanese Army Academy

The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office

The, also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff

The was the highest organ within the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Imperial Way Faction

The was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army, active in the 1920s and 1930s and largely supported by junior officers aiming to establish a military government that promoted totalitarian, militarist, and expansionist ideals.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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International Military Tribunal for the Far East

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for joint conspiracy to start and wage war (categorized as "Class A" crimes), conventional war crimes ("Class B") and crimes against humanity ("Class C").

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Japanese China Garrison Army

The was formed 1 June 1901 as the, as part of Japan's contribution to the international coalition in China during the Boxer Rebellion.

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Japanese war crimes

War crimes of the Empire of Japan occurred in many Asia-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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Kantarō Suzuki

Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945.

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Kazushige Ugaki

was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea.

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Kōtarō Nakamura

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and very briefly Army Minister in the 1930s.

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Kenkichi Ueda

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Kiyoshi Katsuki

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Korechika Anami

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was War Minister at the time of the surrender of Japan.

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Kumamoto

is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

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Kuniaki Koiso

was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea and 28th Prime Minister of Japan from July 22, 1944, to April 7, 1945.

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Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the first half of the 20th century.

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Kwantung Leased Territory

The Kwantung Leased Territory was a Russian-leased territory (1898–1905), then a Japanese-leased territory (1905–1945) in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula (遼東半島) in the Republic of China that existed from 1898 to 1945.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.

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Major general

Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Military attaché

A military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission (an attaché).

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Ministry of the Army

The, also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

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Moderate

Moderate is a general term for people who fall in the center category of the left–right political spectrum.

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Nakatsu, Ōita

is a city on the northern border of Ōita Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan.

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Otozō Yamada

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Radicalism (historical)

The term "Radical" (from the Latin radix meaning root) during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century identified proponents of democratic reform, in what subsequently became the parliamentary Radical Movement.

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Sadao Araki

Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.

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Soemu Toyoda

was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.

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Stanford University Press

The Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.

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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) (originally briefly styled Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II.

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Supreme War Council (Japan)

The was established during the development of representative government in Meiji period Japan to further strengthen the authority of the state.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Tōseiha

, was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and the 1930s.

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Tetsuzan Nagata

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, famous as the victim of the Aizawa Incident of 1935.

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University Press of Kentucky

The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press.

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War crime

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility.

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War of aggression

A war of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yoshio Shinozuka

Yoshio Shinozuka (篠塚良雄; 1923 – 20 April 2014) was a Japanese Imperial Army soldier who served as an army medic with a top secret biological warfare group called Unit 731 in World War II.

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2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshijirō_Umezu

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