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Prince Kan'in Kotohito

Japanese general

Born on: November 10, 1865
Died on: May 21, 1945
Aged: 79 years 192 days (954 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Japan
Birth Sign: Scorpio

 

Prince Kan'in Kotohito

Prince Kan'in Kotohito was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.

During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, the Imperial Japanese Army committed numerous war crimes against Chinese civilians including the Nanjing Massacre and the systemic use of chemical and bacteriological weapons.

Prince Kan'in Kotohito died several months before the end of the Second World War.


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