Aketo Nakamura (中村 明人, Nakamura Aketo, 11 April 1889 – 12 September 1966) was a Japanese lieutenant general during World War II.[1]
Aketo Nakamura | |
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 Aketo Nakamura | |
| Native name | 中村 明人 |
| Born | April 11, 1889 Nagoya, Empire of Japan |
| Died | September 12, 1966 (aged 77) |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan |
| Service |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | 5th Division |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Early life
editIn 1910 he entered the Imperial Japanese Army Academy.
Japanese invasion of French Indochina
editNakamura participated in the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in 1940 at the head of the 5th Division.[2]
Later years
editOn January 4, 1943, he received the post of General Officer in Thailand, first called the Siam Garrison Command, then the Japanese Thirty-ninth Army, and finally on July 7, 1945 the 18th Area Army. At the end of the war, he surrendered his troops to the allies and took his retirement in 1946.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Nakamura Aketo". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Rana Mitter. China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival. Penguin. p. 31.
- ^ Biography of Lieutenant-General Akito Nakamura - (中村明人) - (Nakamura Akihito) (1889 – 1966), Japan
Further reading
edit- Kham Vorapheth (2012). L'ASEAN de A à Z: Histoire, Géopolitique, Concepts, Personnages. ISBN 9782296479289.
- Southeast Asian Minorities in the Wartime Japanese Empire