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Nishida commanded 1 Amphibious Brigade of 29 Division, which transferred from Manchuria to Eniwetok, arriving 4 January 1944. Finding the defenses unprepared, he worked his troops heavily to prepare fortifications. However, his battle plan relied on the doctrine of destroying the Americans at the water's edge, an increasingly futile exercise in the face of American naval firepower. He is assumed to have been killed during the American invasion of February 1944.
| 1938-2-18 |
Lieutenant colonel |
Central China
Expeditionary Army |
| 1938-7-15 |
Colonel | |
| 1939--31 |
Commander, 17 Depot Regiment |
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| 1939-3-25 |
Commander, 225 Regiment |
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| 1940-12-2 |
Commander, Noncommissioned Infantry Officer Candidates, Kwantung Army |
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| 1941-9-19 |
Commander, Kyoto Regimental District |
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| 1942-8-1 |
Major general | |
| 1942-12-1 |
Commander, 3 Independent
Garrison Unit |
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| 1943-11-14 |
Commander, 1 Amphibious Brigade |
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| 1944-2-24 |
Lieutenant general (posthumous) |
Killed in action, Meriren Island |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2015-2-16)
Shaw et al. (1966; accessed 2015-2-16)
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