Hisaichi Tanaka

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Hisaichi Tanaka

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army , or literally Army of Empire of Greater Japan was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945....
, and head of the Japanese occupation force in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. His name is occasionally transliterated "Tanaka hisaichi".

ka was a native of Hyogo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo....
, and graduated from the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1910 and from the 30th class of the Army War College (Japan)

Army War College (Japan)

The ; Short form: of the Empire of Japan was founded in 1882 in Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo to modernity and Westernization the Imperial Japanese Army. Much of the empire's elite including Prime Minister of Japan during the period of Japanese militarism were graduates of the college....
in 1918. He served in various bureaucratic staff positions within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1919-1920, and was sent as a military attaché

Military attaché

A military attach? is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission . This post is normally filled by a high-ranking Officer .In general, a military attach? serves on the diplomatic staff of an embassy or consulate....
to the United States

United States

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from 1923-1924.

After his return to Japan, he continued to serve in various staff positions, except for a brief stint as commander of the 1st Imperial Guards Regiment

Imperial Guard of Japan

The Japanese is an organization which is dedicated to protection of the Emperor of Japan and his family, palaces and other imperial properties. The Guard also served as a unit within the Imperial Japanese Army....
from 1935-1937.

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was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

Hong Kong

World War II

Biography

Tanaka was a native of Hyogo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

Army War College (Japan)

Military attaché

United States

Imperial Guard of Japan

Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
at the end of 1937, and briefly assigned as Chief of Staff of the Taiwan Army

Taiwan Army of Japan

The was an corps of the Imperial Japanese Army recruited from, and stationed, on the island of Taiwan as a garrison force....
in 1938.

However, with the increase in activity in China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
due to the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the twentieth century. From 1937 to 1941, it was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan....
, Tanaka was quickly reassigned to become Chief of staff of the Southern Expeditionary Army in 1938, and Chief of staff for the Japanese Twenty-First Army from 1938-1939.

Tanaka returned to Japan briefly from 1939-1940 to serve as Commandant of the Toyama Army Infantry School, but soon returned to the field as a lieutenant general

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
and commander of the IJA 21st Division from 1940-1943. He became commander in chief of the Japanese Twenty-Third Army

Japanese Twenty-Third Army

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II....
in China from 1943-1945.

Concurrently, from 16 December 1944 to the end of the war he was Governor-General of Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation

Japanese occupation of Hong Kong

The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began after the Governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young surrendered the territory of Hong Kong to Imperial Japan on 25 December 1941 after Battle of Hong Kong by British and Canadian defenders against overwhelming Japanese Imperial forces....
.

At the end of the war, he was arrested by the American occupation authorities

Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers

Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan following World War II. Although subsequently there were, and continue to exist, other Supreme Allied Commanders, the SCAP title per se has only ever been given to MacArthur....
and tried before an American military tribunal

Military tribunal

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held in Shanghai

Shanghai

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in 1946 for his role in the extrajudicial execution of Allied

Allies of World War II

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prisoners of war. He was found guilty and sentenced to death

Death Sentence

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by hanging. However, he was then turned over to a Kuomintang

Kuomintang

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military tribunal at Nanjing

Nanjing

is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China....
for war crimes in connection with his command responsibility

Command responsibility

Command responsibility, sometimes referred to as the Yamashita standard or the Medina standard, is the doctrine of hierarchical accountability in cases of war crimes....
for the IJA 23rd Army in China. Found guilty, he was executed by firing squad in 1947.

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