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Kita Seiichi was commissioned as an infantry
officer in 1907
and was a military observer in China
(1927) and England
(1928). He participated in the Shanghai
campaign in 1932 and served in staff positions through most of the
Pacific
War. He was given command of 1
Area Army at Mutanchiang in Manchuria
in September 1944, was captured by the Russians,
and was never repatriated. He is thought to have
died in a prison camp in 1952.
| 1886
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Born | |
| 1907 |
Second
lieutenant |
|
| 1927 |
Military observer, China |
|
| 1928 |
Military observer, England |
|
| 1931 |
Colonel |
Commander, 37 Regiment |
| 1932 |
Chief of intelligence, Shanghai
Expeditionary Force |
|
| 1932 |
Chief, Intelligence Section, Kwantung Army |
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| 1934 |
Chief, 5 Section (Asian
Intelligence), 2 Bureau, General Staff |
|
| 1936 |
Military attache, China |
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| 1937 |
Head, Tientsin Special Agency |
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| 1937 |
Head, Special Agency, North
China Area Army |
|
| 1939 |
Head, North China Coordination
Bureau, Asia Development Board |
|
| 1940 |
Lieutenant general |
Commander, 14 Division |
| 1941-10-15 |
Commander, 6 Army |
|
| 1943-3-1 |
Commander, 12 Army, China |
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| 1944 |
General Staff |
|
| 1944-9-26
|
Commander, 1 Area Army, Manchuria |
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| 1945 |
Prisoner of war, Russia |
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| 1952 |
Dies? |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-4-24)
Wendel (2005-7-4; accessed 2012-5-21)
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