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Miyazaki Shuichi was commissioned in
1916 and served in
instructional posts for much of the interwar period. He was
an instructor at
the War College and had just been promoted to major general when war
broke out
in the Pacific. He became chief of staff of 17
Army at Rabaul
in October 1942. He saw action at Guadalcanal
and Bougainville
before being recalled to Tokyo
in May 1943.
Miyazaki served in staff positions the remainder of the war. He was persuaded by Yamashita that Tokyo did not understand the situation in the Philippines, and worked against further interference by Imperial General Headquarters with Yamashita's operations. Miyazaki later advocated the position that Japan, rather than Okinawa, would be the decisive battlefield of the war. In line with this view, he blocked the reinforcement of Okinawa by 84 Division in January 1945.
| 1895 |
Born |
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| 1916 |
Second
lieutenant |
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| 1938
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Colonel
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Staff, 11 Army |
| 1939 |
Commander, 26 Regiment |
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| 1940 |
Instructor, War College |
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| 1941 |
Major general | |
| 1942-10
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Chief of staff, 17 Army, Solomons |
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| 1943-5 |
Head, 4 Bureau, General Staff |
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| 1943 |
Director, War College |
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| 1944 |
Chief of staff, 6 Area Army,
China |
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| 1944 |
Head, 1 Bureau, General Staff |
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| 1945 |
Retires |
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| 1969 |
Dies |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-6-2)
Smith (1961; accessed 2014-9-11)
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