General Baron Shigeru Honjō (本庄 繁, Honjō Shigeru, 10 May 1876 – 30 November 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of...

Honjō or Honjo may refer to: Honjō, Akita Honjō, Nagano Honjō, Ōita Honjō, Saitama Honjo, Tokyo Honjo Stadium Honjo, Yutaro Honjō Shigenaga (本庄 繁長, 1540–1614)...

Kwantung Leased Territory, Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army General Shigeru Honjō was at first appalled that the invasion plan was enacted without his...

Kwantung Army command. However, Kwantung Army commander-in-chief General Shigeru Honjō instead ordered his forces to proceed to expand operations all along...

his father-in-law, General Shigeru Honjō, the Emperor's chief aide-de-camp and member of the Kōdō-ha, at about 05:00. Honjō then contacted his subordinates...

Hiranuma Kiichirō: Privy Councillor Senjuro Hayashi: Privy Councillor Shigeru Honjō: Privy Councillor Hideki Tōjō: Privy Councilor Sadao Araki: State Councillor...

rebellion within the hour. He asked for reports from Honjō every 30 minutes. The next day, when told by Honjō that the high command had made little progress...

Soviet Union. During the February 26 coup attempt of 1936, Tojo and Shigeru Honjō, a noted supporter of Sadao Araki, both opposed the rebels who were...

1930 8 General Takashi Hishikari 3 June 1930 1 August 1931 9 General Shigeru Honjō 1 August 1931 8 August 1932 10 Field Marshal Baron Nobuyoshi Mutō 8...

28 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player (b. 1879) November 30 – Shigeru Honjō, Japanese general (suicide) (b. 1876) December 1 – Anton Dostler, German...

Hiro Saga, a distant cousin of Hirohito. The Kwantung Army general Shigeru Honjō had politically arranged the marriage. Puyi thereafter would not speak...

Reformation), unite the many secret societies, and appoint his close confidant Shigeru Honjō as commander of the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army had 12,000 men...

Fukikoshi : Saionji Kenkazu Shingo Tsurumi : Ushiba Tomohiko Dō Haraguchi : Shigeru Honjō Naoto Takenaka : Hideki Tojo Tsuruoka Daijirō : Yasuhide Kurihara Youichi...

stigmatist (d. 1926) May 10 Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918) Shigeru Honjō, Japanese general (d. 1945) May 18 – Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany...

of Manchukuo, fires were set in the Japanese quarter of Mukden. General Honjo's train suffered an attack which was repulsed, and minor revolts began in...

classmates included the future generals Jinzaburō Masaki, Nobuyuki Abe, Shigeru Honjō, and Sadao Araki. In 1901, Matsui was admitted into the Army War College...

Portrait Commander Took office Left office Time in office 1 Honjō, ShigeruGeneral Shigeru Honjō (1876–1945) 1 August 1931 8 August 1932 1 year, 7 days 2...

some of the most important being Takema Machino, Takeo Kikuchi, and Shigeru Honjō. The largest contingent of foreign soldiers were White Russians who...

offered to surrender it. Encouraged by Japanese Kwantung Army Gen. Shigeru Honjō, Zhang advanced cautiously to accept Ma's surrender. However, Zhang's...

1894) October 28: Kesago Nakajima, lieutenant-general November 30: Shigeru Honjō, general (suicide) December 13: Goro Shiba, military leader during the...

from Minami to the commander of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Shigeru Honjō, together with a second letter written by General Kanaya Hanzo, head...

late November 1931, Imperial Japanese Army commander in chief General Shigeru Honjō dispatched 10,000 soldiers in 13 armored trains, escorted by a squadron...

informing the new commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Shigeru Honjo, or the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff in Tokyo. The sudden invasion...

Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory 1930–1931 Succeeded by Shigeru Honjō Preceded by Nobuyoshi Mutō Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory...

Wonders of Honjo. Juzaburo Akechi Shigeru Amachi Hiroshi Hayashi Uraji Matsuura Akiko Tamashita Michiko Tachibana Seven Wonders of Honjo (本所七不思議) (in...

Engagements Russo-Japanese War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Commanders Notable commanders Kawamura Kageaki Rensuke Isogai Shigeru Honjo Isamu Cho...

August 1937 Tadamichi Kuribayashi: military attaché, Canada, April 1930 Shigeru Honjō: military attaché to China Seiichi Kita: resident officer, China, February...

invasion, bureaucratic forces were introduced to Manchuria - army leaders Shigeru Honjo and Kanji Ishiwara were recalled to Japan, being replaced with the more...

Army's Imperial Way Faction. His relations with General Shigeru Honjō were so strained that Honjō refused to speak or meet with him. Hyakutake was promoted...

Chief Kwantung Army Taka Hishikari: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army Shigeru Honjō:- Commander of Kwantung Army Yoshitake Muraoka:- Commander of Kwantung...