Hata Hikosaburō

Hata Hikosaburō ( Japanese : 秦 彦 三郎 ; * October 1, 1890 in the prefecture of Mie , Japanese Empire ; † March 20, 1959 ) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army , who was in command of the 34th Army from 1942 to 1943 during the Second World War Division , Vice-Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army between 1943 and 1944 and Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army in 1945 .

Life

After attending school, Hata Hikosaburō began an officer training at the Army Officer School and became a lieutenant in the infantry after graduating in 1912 . In 1915 he was promoted to first lieutenant and in 1919 graduated from the Army University . In 1922 he was promoted to captain and transferred to the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army . After other assignments, he was made deputy military attaché at the embassy in the Soviet Union in 1926 and promoted to major there in 1927 . After he was a military attaché at the embassy in Poland from 1930 to 1931 and at the same time at the embassy in Latvia , after his return in 1931 he initially took over a post as an infantry officer. He was then seconded to the General Staff between December 1932 and March 1933. Subsequently, between March 1933 and March 5, 1934 he was head of the Soviet Union Section of the 4th Section European and American Intelligence Services of the 2nd Department of the General Staff and from March 5, 1934 to March 7, 1936, a military attaché at the embassy in the Soviet Union .

After his promotion to colonel on March 7, 1936, Hata Hikosaburō was between March 7, 1936 and August 2, 1937 chief of the press office in the Army Ministry and then from August 2, 1937 to July 15, 1938 commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment. During the Second Sino-Japanese War he was transferred to Manchuria , where he was chief of the special agency in Harbin between July 15, 1938 and March 9, 1940 . During this time he was promoted to major general on March 9, 1939 . He then acted for the first time as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army between March 9, 1940 and May 9, 1941 and was then seconded to the Northern China Regional Army from May 9 to July 23, 1941 . July 1941 and October 1, 1942 was again Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army. In this use he was promoted to Lieutenant General (Rikugun Chūjō) on October 15, 1941 . As the successor to Lieutenant General Ōgamo Shigeru , he took over the post of Commander of the 34th Division (Camellia Division) during the Second World War on October 8, 1942 and remained in this post until February 25, 1943, whereupon Lieutenant General Ban Takeo took his place there .

Upon his return, Lieutenant General Hata succeeded Lieutenant General Tanabe Moritake on April 8, 1943, Vice-Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army . He held this post until February 21, 1944 and was then replaced by Lieutenant General Ushiroku Jun . At the same time he acted in personal union between April 8, 1943 and February 21, 1944 as an inspector for supplies. Subsequently, he took over on March 22, 1944 from Lieutenant General Iimura Jō Commander of the Army University and remained in this post until August 3, 1944, whereupon Lieutenant General Tanaka Shizuichi took his place there. Most recently, he replaced Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara as Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army on April 7, 1945 and held this position until August 11, 1945. After Japan's surrender on September 2, 1945, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets Was released December 26, 1956.

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