Lt.Gen. Michitaro Komatsubara (born 1885) was the Imperial Japanese Army commander in the Nomonhan Incident. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本å¸åœ‹é™¸è» Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945. ... The Battle of Halhin Gol, sometimes spelled Khalkhin Gol and alternately known as the Nomonhan Incident in Japan, was the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939), or Japanese-Soviet War. ...
He was highly esteemed as an expert on Russian affairs, having served for years as Chief of the Special Service Agency at Harbin. Jump to: navigation, search Harbin (Simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; Traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian ХарбиÌн Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in north-east China. ...
In commenting upon General Komatsubara, one able IGHQ officer(Takushiro Hattori) has said that he was "neither reckless nor excitable, known as being extremely gentle and courteous, and one who maintained good working relationships with his subordinates." Jump to: navigation, search The Imperial General Headquarters or Daihonei, as part of the Supreme War Council was the supreme command for Japanese military forces during the World War II era. ...
23d Division staff officers, however, from Komatsubara downwards, did show a lack of combat experience. Staff officers in the U. S. Navy provide specialized support to Line Officers and to all other persons in the organization. ...
Having received permission to "expel the invaders", the local Guandong Army commander, Lt. General Komatsubara, launched his men across the Khalkhin Gol river in a two pronged attack.
Although Komatsubara was aware of the Soviet threat to his southern flank, he chose to reinforce the endangered northern flank instead, which, in turn caused Zhukov to commit the 9th Armored Brigade and the paratroopers of the 212th Brigade in the north.
MichitaroKomatsubara's army on the Khalkhin Gol comprised 20,000 men and 112 field artillery pieces.
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