(1888-1966)

Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi Commanded the 18th Division in south China and in the World War II Campaigns in Malaya, Philippines and Burma. He was then made commander of the 15th Army in Burma leading the Imphal Offensive. After the failure of the Imphal offensive in late 1944, Mutaguchi was releived. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ... During the early morning hours of December 7th/8th, 1941, before the first bombs started falling on the United States Pacific base at Pearl Harbor (time zone differences), World War Two widened in the Pacific with the Battle for Malaya - the Japanase invasion of the British Malaya. ...

Military Career

• 1933 - 1936 Chief of General Affairs Section, General Affairs Bureau, General Staff
• 1936 Commanding Officer Peking Garrison Infantry Unit, China
• 1936 - 1938 Commanding Officer 1st Regiment, China
• 1938 Attached to Kwangtung Army Headquarters
• 1938 - 1939 Chief of Staff 4th Army
• 1939 - 1941 Commandant of the Military Preparation School
• 1941 - 1943 General Officer Commanding Japanese 18th Division, China-Malaya-Philippines-Burma Campaigns
• 1943 - 1944 General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Burma Campaign
• 1944 Attached to the General Staff
• 1944 Retired
• 1945 Recalled
• 1945 Commandant of the Military Preparation School
• 1945 Retired
• 1945 - 1948 Arrested as a suspected war criminal
• 1948 Released

Source:

• Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi, [1]
• Order of Battle of the Japanese 15th Army, January 1942 [2]
• Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.