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Shigeru Fujita

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policy was extensively used, during which the division committed numerous atrocities, like using civilians to clear minefields, and the mass killing of civilians. It also resorted to the use of
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in May 1911, and served as a junior officer in a cavalry regiment. In 1921 he became a company commander, and after attended Cavalry School, was assigned to the
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In July 1938, he was assigned command of the IJA 28th Cavalry Regiment and was dispatched to China for combat operations during the
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and in June 1956, more than 10 years after the end of the war, he was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for
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area. In July 1941, he was assigned command of the IJA 2nd Cavalry Brigade and was promoted to
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Fujita Shige crimes against humanity confession Japanese text, page seventh
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In December, he returned to Japan to take command of the Urawa garrison in
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during its retreat, The last battalions of the 59th Division arrived in
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Hiroshima Prefecture
Japan
Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army

Lieutenant General
IJA 59th Division
World War II
lieutenant general
Imperial Japanese Army
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Hiroshima Prefecture
Imperial Japanese Army Academy
1st Cavalry Brigade
aide d'camp
Prince Kan'in Kotohito
Second Sino-Japanese War
Nanjing
major general
Urawa, Saitama
lieutenant general
IJA 59th Division
Shandong Province
scorched earth
chemical warfare
biological warfare
Hamhung
Korea
Soviet forces

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