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Prince Kan'in Kotohito

Japanese general

Died when: 79 years 192 days (954 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Prince Kan'in Kotohito

Prince Kan'in Kotohito (閑院宮載仁親王, Kan'in-no-miya Kotohito-shinnō, November 10, 1865 – May 21, 1945) was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.

During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, the Imperial Japanese Army committed numerous war crimes against Chinese civilians including the Nanking massacre and the systemic use of chemical and bacteriological weapons.

Prince Kan'in Kotohito died several months before the end of the Second World War and was not tried for war crimes.


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