Korechika Anami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan.
Hitoshi Imamura was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes.
Hisakazu Tanaka was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in World War II. His name is occasionally transliterated "Tanaka Hisaichi".
Shizuichi Tanaka was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines during World War II.
Masakazu Kawabe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He held important commands in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and during World War II in the Burma Campaign and defense of the Japanese homeland late in the war. He was also the elder brother of General Torashirō Kawabe.
Shōjirō Iida was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Waichirō Sonobe was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Axis leaders of World War II were important political and military figures during World War II. The Axis was established with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940 and pursued a strongly militarist and nationalist ideology; with a policy of anti-communism. During the early phase of the war, puppet governments were established in their occupied nations. When the war ended, many of them faced trial for war crimes. The chief leaders were Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini of Fascist Italy, and Hirohito of Imperial Japan. Unlike what happened with the Allies, there was never a joint meeting of the main Axis heads of government, although Mussolini and Hitler met on a regular basis.
Masami Kobayashi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. His name was sometimes misspelled as "Marasmi Kobayashi" or "Marashi Kobayashi" by contemporary United States Navy sources. He was an outspoken proponent of the Treaty Faction within the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Jo Iimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific War.
Kōtarō Nakamura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and very briefly Army Minister in the 1930s.
Shōzō Sakurai was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Tadayoshi Sano was a lieutenant general and commander in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
Takaji Wachi was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Lieutenant General Sir William Pasfield Oliver, was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1955 to 1957.
Takeshi Takashina was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II. He was killed in action during the Battle of Guam.
Tadashi Hanaya was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in Burma during World War II.
Teiichi Yoshimoto was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the World War II.
During the Russian Civil War of 1917-1923, a number of former Tsarist officers joined the Red Army, either voluntarily or as a result of coercion. This list includes officers of the Imperial Russian Army commissioned before 1917 who joined the Bolsheviks as commanders or as military specialists. For former Tsarist NCOs promoted under the Soviets, see Mustang.
Brigadier General John Allen "Jack" Hilger was a United States Air Force officer and deputy commander of the Doolittle Raid during World War II. He went on serve in a series of command and staff posts for the remainder of the war and also in the Korean War.
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