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Tanabe was a lieutenant general and vice chief of
the Army General Staff when war broke out. He favored a strategy of
luring the Allies into
campaigns in areas away from their bases and opposed attacks on Hawaii and Australia. Given the superiority
of Allied logistics, this
strategy must be regarded as badly misreading relative strengths and
weaknesses. On the other hand, he was instrumental in helping put an
end to the disastrous attrition at Guadalcanal.
Tanabe was given command of 25 Army under 7 Area Army at Fort de Kock, Sumatra, by April 1943. He remained at this post for the remainder of the war.
| 1889
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Born |
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| 1933 |
Instructor, Toyama Army Infantry
School |
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| 1934 |
Staff, Ministry of War |
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| 1936 |
Colonel
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Commander, 34 Regiment |
| 1937 |
Director, Toyama Army Infantry
School |
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| 1937 |
Major general | Chief of staff, 10 Army |
| 1938-12-14
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Commandant, Tank School |
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| 1939-10 |
Lieutenant General | Commander, 41 Division |
| 1941-3-1 |
Chief of staff, North China Area
Army |
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| 1941-11-6
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Vice Chief, General Staff |
| 1943-4-8
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Commander, 25 Army |
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| 1945 |
Arrested as war criminal |
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| 1949 |
Executed |
References
Generals.de (accessed 2007-11-8)
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