Jump to content

Shunroku Hata

From Real-Life Villains
Revision as of 14:16, 25 September 2022 by imported>Oscargerardo
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Shunroku Hata (July 26th, 1879 - May 10th, 1962) was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. He was the leader of a military campaign that lead to the deaths of 280, 000 Chinese civilians. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment following the war.