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Heitarō Kimura (木村 兵太郎, Kimura Heitarō (sometimes Kimura Hyōtarō), 28 September 1888 – 23 December 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging.
Born September 28, 1888. After serving as Chief of Staff for the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, General Kimura became the Vice Minister of War for Tōjō. In this capacity he advised Tōjō on strategies, including surprise attacks, for waging aggressive war during World War II.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East ( IMTFE ), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on 29 April 1946 to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for their crimes against peace, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity, leading up to and during the Second World War. ...
General Heitaro Kimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held in Tokyo, Japan.
OVERVIEW. One week after the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur—the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers—ordered the arrests of Japanese suspects, including General Hideki Tojo. Twenty-eight defendants, mostly Imperial military officers and government officials, were charged.
Heitarō Kimura (木村 兵太郎, Kimura Heitarō (sometimes Kimura Hyōtarō)?, 28 September 1888 – 23 December 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Kimura was born in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, but was raised in Hiroshima prefecture, which he considered to be his home.
General Kimura Heitaro. The Battle of the Sittang Bend took place from 2 July to 7 August 1945. Soon after the Allied recapture of Rangoon in May 1945, the Japanese 15th, 28th and 33rd armies under General Heitarō Kimura attempted to break out from the Pegu Yomas and move towards Thailand.
