Kanji Ishiwara
Imperial Japanese general (1889–1949) partly responsible for the Mukden Incident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The native form of this personal name is Ishiwara Kanji. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Kanji Ishiwara (石原 莞爾, Ishiwara Kanji, 18 January 1889 – 15 August 1949) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931.
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Born | January 18, 1889 Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan |
Died | August 15, 1949(1949-08-15) (aged 60) Tokyo, Japan |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service/ | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1909–1941 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held | 4th Infantry Regiment, 1933–35 Chief of Operations Section, G-1, 1935–37 |
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Awards | Order of the Golden Kite (3rd Class) Order of the Rising Sun (3rd Class) Order of the Sacred Treasure (4th Class) |
Other work | Professor, Ritsumeikan University, 1941–42[1] |
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