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Nishihara Issaku was a cavalry officer who led the Japanese delegation that negotiated the settlement of the
border dispute between Thailand
and French Indochina
in 1940. These led to negotiations between Nishihara and the French
governor-general, Jean Decoux, on the stationing of Japanese troops in
French Indochina.The commander-in-chief of French forces in the colony, General Maurice Martin, signed the Nishihara-Martin Agreement on September 4.
Nishihara commanded 3 Armored Division through most of the Pacific War.
1893 |
born | |
1932 |
Colonel
|
Instructor, War College |
1933 |
Military Mission, League of
Nations |
|
1935 |
Commander, 1 Cavalry Regiment |
|
1937 |
Chief, 10 Section (Military
History), 4 Bureau, Army General Staff |
|
1937 |
Chief, 11 Section (Strategy and Tactics), 4 Bureau, Army General Staff | |
1937 |
Staff, Shanghai Expeditionary Force |
|
1937 |
Staff, Central China Area Army |
|
1938 |
Instructor, War College |
|
1939-3 |
Major
general |
Director, War College |
1940 |
Leader, Observation Delegation, French Indochina |
|
1940 |
Commandant, Cavalry School |
|
1941 |
Commander, Cavalry Group |
|
1942-6-24 |
Lieutenant general |
Commander, 3 Armored Division |
1944-1-6
|
Head, Armored Warfare
Department, Ministry of War |
|
1945 |
Succumbs to illness |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2009-2-2)
Kotani (2009)
Pettibone (2007)
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