Shizuichi Tanaka
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Shizuichi Tanaka was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines during World War II.
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Captain Shizuichi Tanaka as a student of Oxford University, 1920
Shizuichi Tanaka as a full general
Kyūjō incident
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The Kyūjō incident was an attempted military coup d'état in the Empire of Japan at the end of the Second World War. It happened on the night of 14–15 August 1945, just before the announcement of Japan
Shizuichi Tanaka
…Japan to deter landings of Allied forces in central Honshū. As acting commander of the 1st Imperial Guards Division, his cooperation was crucial to the 15 August 1945 rebellion planned by Major Kenji Hatanaka and others. Hatanaka sought to occupy the Imperial Palace, and to prevent Hirohito's announcement of Japan's surrender…
Major Kenji Hatanaka, leader of the coup
Hirohito (r. 1926–1989), Emperor of Japan
General Korechika Anami, War Minister, a key member of the army high command whom the plotters tried to win over
Former headquarters of the Imperial Guards