Mori Takeshi

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Mori Takeshi

Lieutenant General Mori Takeshi ( Japanese 森 赳 ; * April 25, 1894 in the Kōchi Prefecture ; † August 15, 1945 ) was the commander of the first division of the Imperial Guard of the Japanese army at the end of World War II .

Life

In 1916 Mori graduated with the 28th class of the Army Officer School , specializing in cavalry , and in 1927 at the Army University .

From 1935 to 1937 and 1938 to 1941 Mori taught at the Army University. In 1941 he became major general . With the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War , Mori was assigned as a staff officer in the first Japanese army from 1937 to 1938 . In 1941 he returned to the mainland as Deputy Chief of Staff of the 6th Japanese Army in Manchukuo and was promoted to Chief of Staff in 1942. 1943–1944 he was deputy commander of the Kempeitai and from 1944 to 1945 he was chief of staff of the 19th Japanese Army .

In 1945 Mori was promoted to lieutenant general and on April 7, 1945 he was given command of the first division of the Imperial Guard. The main responsibility of this prestigious division was protecting the imperial family .

After Japan's decision to surrender, shortly after midnight on August 15, 1945, Major Hatanaka Kenji and Lieutenant Colonels Ida Masataka and Shiizaki Jirō visited Mori . The three tried to get his support to isolate the imperial palace and thereby prevent the publication of the surrender. At around 1:30 am, Ida and Shiizaki left the room, and after Mori refused several times, Hatanaka Kenji shot him.

His seal was then placed on several fake orders.

See also

  • Gyokuon-hōsō , German about the "transmission of the imperial (literally: diamond) voice" on August 15, 1945

swell

  1. ↑ Ammenthorp: The Generals of World War II
  2. ↑ Fuller: Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai
  3. ↑ Brooks, Behind Japan's Surrender

literature

  • Lester Brooks: Behind Japan's Surrender: The Secret Struggle That Ended an Empire . McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 1968.
  • Robert JC Butow: Japan's Decision to Surrender . Stanford University Press, 1954.
  • Richard B. Frank: Downfall. The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire . Penguin, non-classics, 1999, ISBN 0-14-100146-1 .
  • Richard Fuller: Shokan. Hirohito's Samurai . Arms and Armor, London 1992, ISBN 1-85409-151-4 .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Mori is the family name, Takeshi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Mori, Takeshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 森 赳 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Kochi Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1945