lieutenant General Yutaka Nishioeda

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lieutenant General Yutaka Nishioeda

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Post by jonno » 06 Dec 2005, 23:53

Hello,
I wonder if someone can help me. I want to know the kanji of a Japanese General.

His name is Yutaka Nishioeda.
I am also searching for a picture and some information about him.

Thanks,
Jonno

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Post by hisashi » 07 Dec 2005, 03:48

jonno wrote:Hello,
I wonder if someone can help me. I want to know the kanji of a Japanese General.

His name is Yutaka Nishioeda.
I am also searching for a picture and some information about him.

Thanks,
Jonno
西大条 胖


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Yataka Nishioeda 西大条&#1

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Post by jonno » 07 Dec 2005, 09:52

Thanks for the translation.


I have only a small biography of him.
He was born in Miyagi 1893
1913 2e lieutenant Infantry Sandai
1925 Captain in the General Staff
1927 Staff officer 3th infantry regiment
1932 Major staff officer in the Kwantung Army
1935 Lieutenant colonel in department of War
1938 Colonel, commander of 40th infantry in north and central China, Area of Huang river and at Hankow
1939 Chief of staff Royal Guard
1941 Major General in north China, Manchurian and Mongol border.
1942 lieutenant General , chief of staff, 25th Japanese army under Saito Yahkita, and Gunseikan of Malaya and Sumatra.
1944 Vice Chief of staff of Field marshal Terauchi Hisaichi, first in Manilla then in Saigon.

After September 1945 decides General Major D.D. Gracey of the 20th Indian division to armed the Japanese forces again.
The commander of this army is General Nishioeda, he will be commander till April 1946, in this period the French troops arrived under General Leclerc.
(Start of the Vietnam War?)
Nishioeda surrendered his sword to D.D.Gracey in this period.

I am very interested in the period after the war,
Also I am searching for some pictures of him.
I hope that someone can help me.

Thanks,
John

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Post by VJK » 08 Dec 2005, 12:05

Hi John!

No pics I'm afraid, but a little more detail on his last 2 wartime commands:

Chief of Staff, 25. Army: 7 Oct 1942 - 14 Oct 1944
Vice Chief of Staff (Military Government), Southern Army: 14 Oct 1944 - Nov 1945

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VJK

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Post by jonno » 08 Dec 2005, 20:23

Thanks!

I forgot to tell that most of the came from Nippon Heiki Koyo-kai.
He returned in 1947 to Japan. He past away in 1958

If someone have some pictures of Terauchi Hisaichi or Saito Yahkita together with other Generals after 1941, them I am also interested.

To be honest, the reason is that i own the Sword of Yutaka Nishioeda

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Jonno

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Post by jonno » 18 Dec 2005, 23:34

I have found an article about Yutaka Nishioeda (西大条 胖) the period after the surrender of Japan.
He was commander of the 55th division, 5th air force division and some small units till April 1946.

If someone has more information, then I would be very interested.

Thanks,
Jonno

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Post by Peter H » 20 Dec 2005, 14:03

Here's a photo of Gracey at the Saigon docks in January 1946,farewelling some of his departing troops.

Source:War in Peace,1983.

The Japanese officer on the left I take as an aide,liason staff officer and not a General?
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Post by jonno » 20 Dec 2005, 22:00

Yes, I think so.
Thanks for the picture,, still interesting period photo.

jonno

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