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Iwane Matsui

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  • Iwane Matsui was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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    Iwane Matsui's Life

  • Iwane Matsui was promoted to the rank of colonel.

  • Iwane Matsui was named the commanding officer of the Japanese 39th Infantry regiment.

  • Iwane Matsui assigned to the staff of the Japanese Vladivostok Expeditionary Force during the Siberian Intervention.

  • Iwane Matsui was attached to the Kwangtung Army as the head of the Harbin Special Services Agency in northeastern China.

  • Iwane Matsui was promoted to the rank of major general.

  • Iwane Matsui was named the commanding officer of the 35th Infantry Brigade.

  • Iwane Matsui was named the head of the 2nd Bureau of the Japanese Army General Staff.

  • Iwane Matsui was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.

  • Iwane Matsui was attached to the Japanese Army General Staff.

  • Iwane Matsui was named the commanding officer of the 11th Division.

  • Iwane Matsui was named a member of the Japanese delegation to the Geneva Disarmament Conference.

  • Iwane Matsui was made a member of the Japanese Supreme War Council.

  • General Iwane Matsui was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army.

  • Iwane Matsui was promoted to the rank of general.

  • Iwane Matsui retired from the Japanese Army.

  • Iwane Matsui was recalled from the retirement list.

  • The Japanese Army combined the Shanghai Expeditionary Force..

    The Japanese Army combined the Shanghai Expeditionary Force and the Japanese 10th Army to form the new Central China Area Army. The new army was placed under the command of Iwane Matsui.

  • Iwane Matsui suffered a bout of tuberculosis while in China.

    Iwane Matsui suffered a bout of tuberculosis while in China. Nevertheless, he ordered the siege of Nanjing, China.
  • Iwane Matsui entered Nanjing, China with a military parade.

    Iwane Matsui entered Nanjing, China with a military parade.

  • General Iwane Matsui dedicating a sacred tree at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, China

    General Iwane Matsui dedicating a sacred tree at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, China

  • General Iwane Matsui speaking at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, China,

    General Iwane Matsui speaking at a memorial for fallen Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, China,

  • Iwane Matsui was recalled to Japan.

  • Iwane Matsui entered Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan.

  • The defendants at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Ichigaya Court, Tokyo, Japan

    The defendants at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Ichigaya Court, Tokyo, Japan

  • Iwane Matsui was sentenced to death by hanging.

  • The last signatures of (right to left) Kenji Doihara, Iwane Matsui, Hideki Tojo, and Akira Muto shortly before their executions,

    The last signatures of (right to left) Kenji Doihara, Iwane Matsui, Hideki Tojo, and Akira Muto shortly before their executions,

  • Iwane Matsui was executed by hanging at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.