Tadashi Katakura

Tadashi Katakura (1898 - 1991)

Katakura Tadashi (片倉 衷, Katakura Tadashi, 18 May 1898 – 23 July 1991) was a Japanese general who fought in World War II.^[1]

Katakura was a prominent member of the Tōsei-ha faction and as a consequence was a target of the Kōdō-ha faction in the 26 February Incident in 1936, and indeed sustained a head wound at the time.

He was on the staff of the Burma Area Army. He was chief of staff of the Thirty-third Army from 8 April 1944 to 19 June 1944. He was commander of the 202nd Division.

Later life[]

Katakura resigned in December 1945.

In 1989 he appeared as himself (Kwantung Army Officer, 1931) in , a television documentary miniseries, narrated by Charles Wheeler.

Katakura died in 1991.

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