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Hara had served as chief of staff
with Shanghai Expeditionary
Army during
the conquest of Shanghai in
1937.
By the time war broke out in the Pacific, he was a lieutenant
general
in command of 35 Division. He
commanded 16 Army at Batavia from 1942-1945, and
was
responsible for setting up an Independence Preparation Study Board
in
1945 in an effort to appease Indonesian
nationalists.
He was recalled to Japan
in 1945 to command 55 Army
for the final defense of
the homeland.
Harada had been involved in opium trafficking in China and was hanged as a war criminal for the summary
execution of three Allied
airmen.
| 1888-8-8
|
Born |
|
| 1931-8-1 |
Lieutenant
colonel |
Resident officer, Nanking |
| 1932-2-6 |
Resident officer, Shanghai |
|
| 1932-8-8 |
Chief, Rear Area Section, Kwantung Army |
|
| 1935-8-1 |
Commander, 4 Imperial Guards
Regiment |
|
| 1937-8-13
|
Military attache to China |
|
| 1938-2-18 |
Chief, Intelligence
Section, Central
China Expeditionary Army |
|
| 1939-1-1 |
Advisor, Central China
Expeditionary Army |
|
| 1940-5-23 |
Lieutenant
general |
Commander, 35
Division |
| 1942-3-2 |
Commander, 27
Division |
|
| 1942-11-9 |
Commander, 16 Army |
|
| 1945-4-7
|
Commander, 55 Army |
|
| 1945-6-15 |
Commander, Shikoku Army
District |
|
| 1947-5-28 |
Hanged as war
criminal |
References
Australian National Archives (accessed 2010-9-6)
Indahnesia.com (accessed 2008-3-8)
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