Seishirō Itagaki

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Seishirō Itagaki was a Japanese Imperial Army general and political leader who played a major role in Japan’s military expansion before and during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese general
human
politician
war criminal
activity advocacy of Japanese military expansion in Asia
awardReceived Order of the Golden Kite
Order of the Rising Sun
causeOfDeath execution by hanging
convictedBy International Military Tribunal for the Far East
convictedOf war crimes
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1885-01-21
dateOfDeath 1948-12-23
educatedAt Army War College (Japan)
Imperial Japanese Army Academy
ethnicGroup Japanese
gender male
ideology Japanese militarism
languageSpoken Japanese
mannerOfDeath capital punishment
memberOf Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
Japanese government during World War II
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
militaryRank general
name Seishirō Itagaki NERFINISHED
nativeName 板垣 征四郎
notableEvent signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Southeast Asia
notableWork planning of the Mukden Incident
role in the invasion of Manchuria
occupation military officer
politician
participatedIn Mukden Incident
Russo-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
placeOfBirth Morioka, Japan
surface form: Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
placeOfDeath Sugamo Prison
surface form: Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan
positionHeld Army Minister of Japan
Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army
War Minister of Japan
commander of the Chosen Army in Korea
commander of the Kwantung Army
general in the Imperial Japanese Army
regionOfActivity China
Korea
Manchuria
surrendered to Allied forces in 1945
triedFor Class A war crimes

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Sugamo Prison notablePrisoner Seishirō Itagaki
Shunroku Hata precededBy Seishirō Itagaki
Kantōgun notableCommander Seishirō Itagaki