Yoshitsugu Tatekawa Military person

Yoshitsugu Tatekawa (建川 美次, Tatekawa Yoshitsugu, 3 October 1880 – 9 September 1945) was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He played an important role in the Mukden incident in 1931 as major-general and he concluded the 1941 Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact in 1941 as ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Personal facts

Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Birth dateOctober 03, 1880
Birth place
Japan , Niigata Prefecture
Date of deathSeptember 09, 1945

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Military person

allegianceEmpire of Japan
military operations
Russo-Japanese War
World War II
Second Sino-Japanese War
military branch
Imperial Japanese Army
military command
IJA 10th Division
IJA 4th Division
service start1901
service end1945

Yoshitsugu Tatekawa on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=359&list=Ground
  2. http://www.generals.dk/general/Tatekawa/Yoshitsugu/Japan.html
  3. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247018161
  4. http://www.worldcat.org/title/making-of-modern-japan/oclc/44090600&referer=brief_results