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Murakami was a former member of the Imperial Way Faction (Kōdōha) and was involved in the February 26 Incident in 1936. He commanded 39 Division during the Hupeh campaign in 1940, and later commanded 3 Army under Kwantung Army during the last stages of the Pacific War. 3 Army was responsible for the defense of southeastern Manchuria and was attacked by the Russians on 9 August 1945.
During the Tokyo war crimes trials, Murakami testified that the Total War Research Institute had drafted a plan for the military administration of Siberia in the spring of 1942, showing that Tojo considered it a given that Japan would eventually invade the Soviet Union.
| 1888
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Born | |
| 1931-8-1 |
Colonel
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General Staff |
| 1933-8-1 |
Commander, 34 Regiment |
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| 1934-3-5 |
Chief instructor, Toyama Army
Infantry School |
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| 1935-8-24 |
Chief, Military Administration
Section, Military Affairs Burea, Ministry of War |
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| 1935-10-11 |
Chief, Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Burea, Ministry of War | |
| 1936-3-28 |
Instructor, War College |
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| 1936-8-1 |
Director, Research Department,
War College |
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| 1937-8-2 |
Major general | |
| 1938-12-1 |
Kwantung Army |
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| 1939-10-2 |
Lieutenant
general |
Commander, 39 Division, China |
| 1941-9-1 |
Commandant, Army School of
Science |
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| 1942-12-1 |
General Staff |
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| 1943-3-9 |
Head, Total War Research
Institute |
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| 1943-12-16 |
Commandant, Kunchuling Noncommissioned
Officers' Tank School |
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| 1944-8-30 |
Kwantung Army | |
| 1944-11-22 |
Commander, 3 Army |
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| 1945-9 |
Prisoner of war |
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| 1948-9-17 |
Dies in prison |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2014-5-8)
IMTFE Judgement (1948; accessed 2011-7-29)
Shillony (1970; accessed 2014-5-8)
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