Furushō motoo

General Furushō Motoo

Furushō Motoo ( Japanese 古 荘 幹 郎 ; born September 14, 1882 in Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan ; † July 21, 1940 in Tokyo ) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army .

Life

Furushō Motoo was born on September 14, 1882 in Kumamoto Prefecture. In his youth he attended a military elementary school. He then attended the Imperial Japanese Army Academy , which he graduated in 1902 with the rank of sub-lieutenant . In 1903 he was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Guard , with whose 4th regiment he took part in the Russo-Japanese War from 1904 to 1905.

After the war he studied at the Imperial Japanese Army College . After graduating in 1909, he served in various administrative positions within the General Staff and was sent to Germany as a military attaché . He also accompanied Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo as an aide-de-camp on a trip.

After teaching at the Imperial Japanese Army University from 1921 to 1923, Furushō was head of the section for organization and mobilization in the 1st department of the general staff until 1925. From 1925 to 1927 he commanded the 2nd regiment of the Imperial Guard.

1927–1928 he served in the Army Ministry before he was promoted to major general and briefly received command of the 2nd Infantry Brigade. From 1929 to 1934 he then served again in various administrative positions on the General Staff. In 1933 he was promoted to lieutenant general, but did not leave the administration of the general staff until 1934 to take over a new command of the 11th division. His good contacts with the General Staff ensured that Furushō was briefly Deputy Minister of War of Japan in 1935 and 1936.

In 1936 he became chief of the Japanese Army Air Force , but left the post again in 1937 to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Taiwan Army District.

After the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War , he was transferred to China and took command of the 5th Army there . In 1938 there was a brief change to the 21st Army, which was also fighting in China, before Furusho returned to Japan. There he was promoted to full general and served on the Supreme War Council until his death in 1940 . He was buried in the Tama cemetery near Tokyo .

Remarks

1. ↑ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II

literature

• Frank Dorn: The Sino-Japanese War, 1937–41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor . Macmillan, 1974, ISBN 0-02-532200-1 .

Web links

• Furushō Motoo in the World War II Generals Database

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