Kenji Doihara
Kenji Doihara (Japanese 土肥原 賢 二, August 8, 1883, Okayama - December 23, 1948, Tokyo) - Japanese general, intelligence officer.
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In 1904 he graduated from the Military Academy. He served in various regiments. In 1912 he graduated from the Higher Military Academy. He was sent by a military attache to Beijing. In the 1920s, he led the intelligence service of the Japanese army in Eastern Siberia and Northern China. In 1926-1927 he served in the 2nd Infantry Regiment, in 1927 - in the 3rd Infantry Regiment, in 1927-1928 - in the 1st Division. He was a military adviser to Marshal Zhang Zolin. In 1929-1930 - commander of the 30th Infantry Regiment.
In 1931 - head of the intelligence service of the Kwantung Army, the main organizer of the so-called Manchurian incident (September 1931), which served as an excuse for the seizure of Manchuria by Japanese troops. Governor of the Japanese-occupied Mukden. He organized the arrival in Manchuria of the last Chinese emperor Pu Yi, who became regent (1932) and then emperor (1934) of Manzhou-Guo. In the years 1931-1932 - Adjutant Assistant General Nishio Toshizo, the main Japanese military adviser to Pu I.
In 1932-1933 - commander of the 9th brigade. From April 1933 to May 1934 - head of the intelligence military mission in Mukden. Since 1934 he served in the 12th division. In 1937-1939 - commander of the 14th Infantry Division in China. He participated in battles in the area of Lake Hassan and in the area of the Khalkhin-Gol River.
From August 1939 to November 1941 he commanded the 5th Army, stationed in Manchuria. In 1940 - member of the Supreme Military Council, then head of the Military Academy. In 1941-1943 - Inspector General of the Army Aviation. In May 1943 he was appointed commander of the Eastern Army, whose headquarters was located in the Tokyo area. On March 22, 1944, under the command of Doihara, the 7th front was formed, which subordinated the troops of the 16th, 25th and 29th armies, deployed in Singapore, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Since April 1945 - the commander of the 12th Front (headquarters in Tokyo). From July 21 to August 1945, he was the chief inspector of combat training. In September, after the suicide of Field Marshal Sugiyama, he led the First Command, intended for the defense of the Japanese Islands.
After the surrender of Japan, September 21, 1945 was arrested by the occupation authorities. He was one of the defendants at the Tokyo trial. At the trial, he refused to testify. Sentenced to death. December 23, 1948 hanged in Sugamo Prison.