(1878-1934)

Jiro Tamon, 多門二郎, a Lieutenant-General of the Imperial Japanese Army, known for leading many of the operations of the invasion of Manchuria. The Imperial Japanese Army (: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945 when it was Imperial Japan. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, China Imperial Japanese Army, Japan Commanders Zhang Xueliang, Ma Zhanshan, Feng Zhanhai, Ting Chao Shigeru Honjo, Jiro Tamon Strength 160,000 30,000 - 84,000 Casualties  ?  ? ...

He began his career attached to 27th Regiment in 1920, and commanded the Tamon Task Force during Japan's Siberian Expedition during the Russian Civil War, later he was attached to the staff of the Sakhalin Expeditionary Force. He commanded the 2nd Regiment from 1921 to 1922, then was 4th Division Chief of Staff until 1924 when he was given command of 6th Brigade. Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Green Army (Peasants and Nationalists) Black Army (Anarchists) Commanders Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel Alexander Antonov, Nikifor Grigoriev Nestor Makhno Strength 5,427,273 (peak) +1,000,000 Casualties 939,755...

Attached to the War College in 1924 he was next Head of the 4th Bureau of the General Staff from 1925 to 1927 when he became Director of the War College then in 1929 Commandant.

From 1930 to 1933, as Lieutenant-General he commanded IJA 2nd Division. While in Manchuria in 1931 he took the lead in the Jiangqiao Campaign, Chinchow Operation, and in overcoming the defense of Harbin, following the Mukden Incident. After he was releived in 1933 he went into reserve, and was retired. He died the next year. The 2nd Infantry Division ) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, China Imperial Japanese Army, Japan Commanders Gen. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies, Republic of China Imperial Japanese Army, Empire of Japan Commanders Marshal Zhang Xueliang Lt. ... Combatants National Revolutionary Army, China Imperial Japanese Army, Japan Commanders Feng Zhanhai, Ting Chao Shigeru Honjo Strength 30,000  ? Casualties  ?  ? After General Ma Zhanshan had been driven from Tsitsihar by the Japanese in the Jiangqiao Campaign he had retreated northeastward with his beaten and depleted forces and had set up... It has been suggested that Manchuria Incident be merged into this article or section. ...

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• Lieutenant-General Jiro Tamon
• Japanese Army General Staff
• Japanese Army War College