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Ayabe Kitsuju was a cavalry officer who had studied in Poland and the Soviet Union during the 1920s. He had extensive service in staff positions and in China during the 1930s and was a staff observer in Germany and Italy prior to becoming deputy Chief of Staff to the Kwantung Army in July 1941 and Chief of Staff of 1 Area Army in Manchuria in July 1942. He was recalled to Tokyo in December 1942 to serve on the General Staff. Promoted to lieutenant general in October 1943, he became deputy Chief of Staff of Southern Army in Singapore, and helped plan the U-Go operation in Burma. He was badly injured in an airplane crash in February 1944, and was assigned to staff duty with 7 Area Army at Singapore through the remainder of the war.
| 1894
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Born |
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| 1935 |
Colonel | Staff, Kwantung Army |
| 1935 |
Chief, Maneuvers Section,
Kwantung Army |
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| 193711-2 |
Chief, 1 Section (Organization
and Mobilization), 1 Bureau, Army General Staff |
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| 1939 |
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Commander, 25 Cavalry Regiment, China |
| 1940 |
Staff, 3 Army |
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| 1940 |
Vice chief of staff, 3 Army |
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| 1940 |
Army General Staff |
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| 1940 |
Japanese Military Mission, Germany and Italy | |
| 1941-4-1 |
Major general | Head, 4 Bureau, Army General
Staff |
| 1941-7-7
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Vice chief of staff, Kwantung
Army |
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| 1942-7-1 |
Chief of staff, 1 Area Army |
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| 1942-12-7 |
Head, 1 Bureau, Army General
Staff |
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| 1943-10-15 |
Lieutenant
general |
Vice chief of staff, Southern Army, Singapore |
| 1944-2 |
Injured in airplane accident |
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| 1944-3-22 |
7 Area Army |
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| 1944-6-27 |
Chief of staff, 7 Area Army, Singapore | |
| 1946 |
Retired |
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| 1980 |
Dies |
References
Generals.dk
(accessed 2008-1-4)
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