Motoo Furushō
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| Motoo Furushō | |
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| 28 September 1884 - 24 November 1973 | |
 General Motoo Furushō |
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| Place of birth | Kumamoto prefecture, Japan |
| Place of death | Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1902 -1940 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | IJA 11th Division, Army Aeronautical Department, Taiwan Army District, IJA 21st Army, IJA 5th Army |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War Second Sino-Japanese War |
| Other work | Vice Minster of War |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Furushō.
Motoo Furushō (古荘幹郎 Furushō Motoo?, 14 September 1882 – 21 July 1940) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and commander of the Japanese Twenty-First Army in 1938 during the Canton Operation.
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[edit] Biography
A native of Kumamoto prefecture, Furushō attended military preparatory schools as a youth, and graduated from the 14th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1902. The following year, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Guards. He was in combat during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905 with the 4th Guards Infantry Regiment.
After the war, Furushō returned to Army Staff College and graduated from the 21st class in 1909. After graduation, he was assigned a number of administrative positions within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, and did a tour of duty as a military attaché to Germany, and another tour as aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo.
After serving as an instructor at the Army War College from 1921-1923, Furushō became Chief of the 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Bureau, Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1923-1925. He was then given command of the 2nd Imperial Guards Regiment, continuing his long association with the Imperial Guard, from 1925-1927.[1]
After serving with the Ministry of War from 1927-1928, Furushō was promoted to major general and given command of the IJA 2nd Infantry Brigade. He returned to various administrative positions within the General Staff from 1929-1934.
Promoted to lieutenant general in 1933, Furushō took command of the IJA 11th Division in 1934. He subsequently served as Vice Minister of War from 1935-1936.
In 1936, Furushō became Head of Army Aeronautical Department, but in 1937 was appointed Commander in Chief of the Taiwan Army District.
With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Furushō went to China as commander of the Japanese Fifth Army. In 1938, he became commander of the Japanese Twenty-First Army. He returned to Japan in 1938, was promoted to full general and served as a member of the Supreme War Council until his death in 1940. His grave is at Tama Cemetery, in Fuchu, Tokyo.
[edit] References
[edit] Books
- Dorn, Frank (1974). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor. MacMillan.. ISBN: 0025322001.
[edit] External links
- Ammenthorp, Steen. Motoo Furusho. The Generals of World War II.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
