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Shigeru Honjō
=10 May 1876 – 30 November 1945

General Shigeru Honjō
Place of birth Hyōgo prefecture, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service 1897 -1945
Rank General
Commands held IJA 10th Division, Kangtung Army
Battles/wars Russo-Japanese War
Siberian Intervention
Second Sino-Japanese War
Awards Order of the Sacred Treasures (1st class)
Order of the Golden Kite (1st class)
Order of the Rising Sun (1st class)
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General Baron Shigeru Honjō (本庄繁 Honjō Shigeru?, 10 May 1876 – 30 November 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the He was considered an ardent follower of Sadao Araki's doctrines. Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II.

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Biography

Honjō was born into a farming family in Hyōgo prefecture, and attended military preparatory schools as a youth. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshū Island He graduated from the 9th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1897, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists Among his classmates were future Prime Minister Abe Nobuyuki, and generals Sadao Araki and Iwane Matsui. The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of Japan from 30 August 1939 to 16 Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II. General was a General of the Japanese Imperial Army and the commander of the expeditionary forces sent to China in World War II. In 1902 he graduated from the 19th class of the Army Staff College. This article deals with the Empire of Japan's Army War College

Honjō served with distinction during the Russo-Japanese War in the IJA 20th Infantry Regiment, and was promoted to captain during that conflict. The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September After the war, he was assigned to a number of staff positions with the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. also called the Army General Staff was one of the four principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.

In 1907-1908, Honjō was dispatched to Beijing and Shanghai as a military attaché, and the following year was promoted to major. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million A military attaché is a Military Expert who is part of a Diplomatic mission; this post is normally filled by a high-ranking officer Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country After serving more staff positions, including a stint as instructor at the Army Staff College, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1917, and sent to Europe as a military attache in the aftermath of World War I. Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In 1919, he accompanied Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention against the Bolshevik Red Army in eastern Russia. The of 1918–1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Entente powers to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by the western powers and Japan The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya

Honjō was the commanding officer of 11th Regiment from 1919 to 1921. He served as adviser to Chang Tso-lin, in Manchuria, from 1921 to 1924. Zhāng Zuòlín ( Traditional Chinese: 張作霖 Simplified Chinese: 张作霖, Pinyin: Zhāng Zuòlín Wade-Giles: Chang Tso-lin Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast He was promoted to major general in 1922, and in 1924 was given command of the IJA 4th Infantry Brigade. Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries [1]

In 1927 Honjō was promoted to lieutenant general and became commander of the IJA 10th Division in 1928. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the In 1931 he was made commander in chief of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, commanding the forces during the Mukden Incident and invasion of Manchuria. A commander-in-chief is the Commander of a nation's Military forces or significant element of those forces The, also known as the Guandong Army ( 관동군 was an Army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the early twentieth century On September 18, 1931, near Mukden (now Shenyang) in southern Manchuria, a section of railroad owned by Japan 's South Manchuria The invasion of Manchuria by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan, beginning on September 19, 1931, immediately followed [2]

When Honjō was relieved of command in 1932 he returned to Japan as a national hero, and was made a member of the Supreme War Council from 1932 to 1933. The Supreme War Council ( Senso-shi-do) was established during the development of representative government in Meiji period Japan to further strengthen He was accorded the highest decorations and honors, and was elevated to the title of danshaku (baron) under the kazoku peerage system. Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber The was the hereditary Peerage of the Empire of Japan that existed between 1869 and 1947

Honjō later became Chief aide-de-camp to Emperor Hirohito until 1936, when his suspected involvement in the February 26 Incident led to his retirement. An aide-de-camp ( French for camp assistant) is a personal assistant secretary or Adjutant to a person of high rank usually a senior military officer also known as, (April 29 1901 – January 7 1989 was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25 1926 until his death The, or "2-2-6 incident", was an attempted Coup d'état in Japan, on 26 – 29 February 1936, launched by the radical [3] He kept an extensive diary during his time as aide-de-camp, which was published by the University of Tokyo Press in 1983. The, abbreviated as, is a major Research university located in Tokyo, Japan.

Towards the end of World War II, he emerged from retirement to serve as a Privy Councilor. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A privy council is a body that advises the Head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically but not always in the context of a After the surrender of Japan in 1945 he was arrested by the American occupation authorities to stand trial as a suspected war criminal; however, he committed suicide before the trial began. The surrender of Japan in August 1945 brought World War II to a close Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers ( SCAP) was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan following World War II War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied [4] His grave is at the Tama Cemetery in Fuchu, Tokyo. is a city in Tokyo Metropolis Japan. As of 2003 the city has an estimated Population of 236491 and a Population density of 8060

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  1. ^ Dorn, The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41
  2. ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
  3. ^ Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
  4. ^ Dupuy, Encyclopedia of Military Biography
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