Seishiro Itagaki
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Seishiro Itagaki (1885-1948) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer, a specialist in intelligence and covert operations in China, who was intimately involved in the Manchurian Incident and later for exploitation of Manchukuo.[1]
Manchurian Incident
Beginning in 1929, he planned the incident with Kanji Ishiwara and commanded an infantry regiment during the actual incident.
Manchukuo
From 1932 to 1937, he was chief adviser on Manchukoan affairs for the Kwangtung Army.
War Minister
In 1938 and 1939, he was war minister during the border wars with Russia, including the Nomohan Incident.
WWII
During the main war, he rear army commander during WWII
War crimes
He was condemned and hanged as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
References
- ↑ David Bergamini (1971), Japan's Imperial Conspiracy, Morrow, p. 1090