Okamura Yasuji

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Imperial Japanese Army general military officer person war criminal

Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Aliases (1)

Yasuji Okamura ×2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army general → military officer → person → war criminal →
allegiance	Empire of Japan →
awardReceived	Order of the Golden Kite → Order of the Rising Sun →
birthDate	1884-05-15 →
birthPlace	Empire of Japan → Kagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED →
charge	war crimes in China →
conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	1966-09-02 →
deathPlace	Japan →
education	Army War College (Japan) → Imperial Japanese Army Academy →
era	Shōwa period →
familyName	Okamura →
gender	male →
givenName	Yasuji →
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese →
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Army →
militaryRank	general →
name	Okamura Yasuji →
nationality	Japanese →
nativeName	岡村寧次 →
notableFor	counterinsurgency operations against Chinese forces → leading Japanese military campaigns in China → role in Japanese occupation policies in China →
notableWork	implementation of the Three Alls Policy in China →
occupation	military commander → soldier →
participatedIn	Japanese invasion of China → Second Sino-Japanese War military campaigns →
positionHeld	Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army → Commander of the 11th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) → Commander of the North China Area Army → Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Army → Vice Minister of War of Japan →
servedUnder	Hirohito →
theatreOfOperations	China →
triedBy	Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal →
verdict	acquitted →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Changde ("Yasuji Okamura") →	commander
Battle of Wuhan ("Yasuji Okamura") →	commandingOfficer
China Theater →	keyCommander
Okamura Yasuji →	name
Battle of Changsha →	notableCommander