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Sasaki Minoru (Sasaki Noboru according to some sources) was commissioned as a cavalry officer in
1914. He studied in Russia
and Poland and held a number of administrative posts
in the interwar years. Chief of staff of 6 Army
when war broke out in
the Pacific, he was recalled to staff work in Tokyo in August 1942 but was
given command of Southeast
Detachment in New
Georgia
in May 1943. Here he fought a prolonged and skillful defense against
the American invasion in the summer of
1943.
... the speed of the [American] infantry advance was extremely slow. They waited the results of several days of bombardment before a squad advanced.
(Gilbert 2001)
After Munda
fell, Sasaki's forces were ordered to retreat to Kolombangara, only to be
bypassed by the Allied landings on Vella Lavella. His remaining
forces escaped first to Choiseul (in early October 1943) and then
to Rabaul. Sasaki was
promoted to
lieutenant general in October
1944, and survived the war to be interviewed by American historians.
| 1893
|
Born |
|
| 1914 |
Second
lieutenant |
Commissioned as a cavalry officer |
| 1939 |
Colonel |
Main Army Armaments Factory |
| 1939-10 |
Major general |
Commander, 4 Cavalry Brigade |
| 1940-12-2 |
Chief of staff, 6 Army |
|
| 1942-8 |
Armored
Warfare Department, Ministry of War |
|
| 1943 |
Commander, Infantry Group, 38 Division |
|
| 1943-5-31 |
Commander, Nanto
(Southeast)
Detachment, Solomon Islands |
|
| 1943 |
8 Area Army |
|
| 1944-10 |
Lieutenant general |
|
| 1961 |
Dies |
References
Generals.dk
(accessed 2008-3-28)
Gilbert
(2001)
Rentz (1952; accessed 2011-5-1)
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