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Seishirō Itagaki

1885 - 1948

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General Seishirō Itagaki (板垣 征四郎, Itagaki Seishirō; 21 January 1885 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and War Minister from 1938 to 1939. He was a disciple of Kanji Ishiwara and his ideas were strongly influenced by his apocalyptic Buddhist beliefs, being firmly convinced of the idea of a "Final War" in which Japan would unite the entire world into a single nation, resulting in an era of true peace, regeneration and harmony. Itagaki was a main conspirator behind the Mukden Incident and held prestigious chief of staff posts in the Kwantung Army and China Expeditionary Army during the early Second Sino–Japanese War. Itagaki became War Minister but fell from grace after Japanese defeat in the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, serving as general for several field armies until surrendering Japanese forces in Southeast Asia in 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seishirō Itagaki is the 576th most popular military personnel (down from 556th in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Japan (down from 331st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Seishirō Itagaki ranks 576 out of 2,058. Before him are Milunka Savić, Georges Picquart, Saburō Sakai, Filipp Golikov, Bo'orchu, and Rüdiger von der Goltz. After him are Tamara Bunke, Ibrahim Traoré, Antonio Tejero, Husein Gradaščević, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, and Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Seishirō Itagaki ranks 55. Before him are Will Durant, Velimir Khlebnikov, Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, Sacha Guitry, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes. After him are André Lhote, Sisavang Vong, Bess Truman, Gunnar Asplund, René Grousset, and Harlow Shapley. Among people deceased in 1948, Seishirō Itagaki ranks 52. Before him are Manuel Roxas, Dieter Wisliceny, Béla Miklós, Rudolf Brandt, Waldemar Hoven, and Josef Bühler. After him are Rosika Schwimmer, Kenji Doihara, Wolfram Sievers, Viktor Brack, Kantarō Suzuki, and Otto Rasch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Seishirō Itagaki ranks 427 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Montoku (827), Emperor Chōkei (1343), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Takashi Mizuno (1931), Yoshirō Mori (1937), and Hishikawa Moronobu (1618). After him are Hara Takashi (1856), Masamune (1300), Yumi Umeoka (1950), Shohei Imamura (1926), Toru Takemitsu (1930), and Sawao Kato (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Seishirō Itagaki ranks 30. Before him are Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), and Saburō Sakai (1916). After him are Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Takeichi Nishi (1902), and Hisaichi Terauchi (1879).

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