Shunroku Hata
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| Hata Shunroku | |
|---|---|
 Field Marshal Hata Shunroku | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1901-1945 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held | China Expeditionary Army |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War World War II |
Hata was minister of war in 1939. He was commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in China in 1941.[1]
He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a rank of Field Marshal. He was jailed at the end of World War Two and released in 1955.
Honors
Shunroku Hata Media
Hata (on the left) with his brother before the Russo-Japanese War
Hata (left) with Field Marshal Terauchi Hisaichi in Xuzhou
Shunroku Hata during the trial for war crimes at International Military Tribunal for the Far East
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hata Shunroku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 297.