Abe Heisuke

Abe Heisuke ( Japanese 阿 部 平 輔 ; * December 18, 1886 in Miyagi Prefecture ; † June 11, 1943 ) was a Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army .

Life

Abe Heisuke began officer training at the Army Officer School (Rikugun Shikan Gakkō) in 1907 , which he completed in May 1909. He was then promoted to lieutenant in December 1909 . After various posts as an officer and staff officer, he was commander of the cadet corps at the Army Training School in Kumamoto between March 15, 1934 and December 1, 1936, and as such was promoted to colonel on August 1, 1935 . From December 1, 1936 to February 19, 1938, he was in command of the 1st Infantry Sergeant Candidate Group of the Kwantung Army , to which he was assigned on February 19, 1938, and from March 25 to December 5, 1938, commander of the 2nd Sector of the 8th Army . Border garrison was.

After his promotion to major general on December 10, 1938, Abe Heisuke acted as commander of the 8th border garrison between December 25, 1938 and August 1, 1939, and then from August 1, 1940 to July 28, 1941 as commander of the Army Reserve Officers School in Morioka . He was then from July 28, 1941 to July 1, 1942 commander of the 20th Depot Division and as such was promoted to Lieutenant General on August 25, 1941 . Most recently, he replaced Lieutenant General Shimizu Tsunenori as commander of the 41st Division (Dai-yonjūichi Shidan) on July 1, 1942 and led it at the Battle of New Guinea .

In view of the poor outcome of the Battle of Guadalcanal , the Japanese General Staff ( Daihon'ei ) decided in December 1942 to order over 100,000 men to Lae on the territory of New Guinea . The company became Operation No. 81 and planned to bring the 20th , 41st and 51st Divisions to Lae in New Guinea in January / February 1943 in order to strengthen the 18th Army stationed there . While the 51st Division suffered heavy losses while approaching by sea in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea , the 41st Division arrived in Madang , New Guinea in February via the Tsingtau and Palau stations without losses . On June 30, 1943, American and Australian troops landed in Nassau Bay to retake New Guinea. Numerous battles developed between the five landed Allied divisions and the 18th Army, in which the Japanese were pushed further and further towards the Huon Peninsula . There the battle for the Huon Peninsula developed from September 1943 , which lasted until March 1, 1944 and ended with the withdrawal of the Japanese. In the fighting, Lieutenant General Abe was wounded and was replaced by Lieutenant General Mano Gorō .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Abe is the family name, Heisuke the first name.