Miyazaki Shigesaburo (1892-1965)

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Miyazaki was the infantry group commander of 31 Division from its activation in March 1943 in China. The division was reassigned to Burma by September 1943 and spearheaded the assault on Kohima during the U-Go offensive. Miyazaki, who rode a captured horse about the battlefield with his pet monkey, Chibi, on his shoulder, directed the stubborn Japanese rearguard action after the British went over to the offensive.

Miyazaki was promoted to lieutenant general and command of 54 Division under 28 Army in the Arakan on 30 August 1944. The division was driven out of the region with heavy losses by the end of the year and reformed at Yenangyaung. It was subsequently broke out of British encirclement to retreat across the Sittang, 24-25 July 1945, as the war was drawing to a close.

Service record

References

Allen (1984)

Fuller (1992)

Generals.dk (accessed 2008-6-2)

Roberts (2011)

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