Shigematsu Sakaibara
Japanese admiral
Died when: 48 years 177 days (581 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Shigematsu Sakaibara (??? ??, Sakaibara Shigematsu, December 28, 1898 – June 19, 1947) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal.
He was responsible for ordering the Wake Island massacre, in which 98 American civilians were murdered by Japanese soldiers.Following Japan's surrender, Sakaibara was tried for war crimes and executed for his involvement.
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