Toshizō Nishio Military person

Toshizō Nishio (西尾 寿造, Nishio Toshizō, 31 October 1881 – 26 October 1960) was a Japanese general, considered to be one of the Imperial Japanese Army's most successful and ablest strategists during the Second Sino-Japanese War, who commanded the Japanese Second Army during the first years after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

Personal facts

Toshizō Nishio
Alias (AKA)西尾 寿造 (Japanese)
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1881
Birth place
Japan , Tottori Prefecture
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1960
Place of death
Japan , Tokyo

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Military person

award
Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Golden Kite
military operations
Russo-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
military command
*Second Army
*Imperial Guard
*China Expeditionary Army
*Thirteenth Army
service start1902
service end1943

Topical connections

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Akira MutōMilitary person
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Toshizō Nishio on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.generals.dk/general/Nishio/Toshizou/Japan.html