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Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Honma Masaharu, November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March.
Homma Masaharu was a Japanese army general and commander of the Japanese invasion force of the Philippine Islands in World War II. Homma was a graduate of the Military Academy of the Japanese Imperial Army (1907) and of the Army General Staff College (1915).
April 3, 1946, Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴), commander of the 14th Japanese Army during the initial battles for the Philippines from December 1941 to August 1942, was put to death because of his involvement in the war crimes committed during that period.
Lt. General Masaharu Homma was the commander in charge of the Japanese Imperial forces during the first battles for the Philippines. He served in the Philippines from December 1941 through August...
Masaharu Homma. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. Masaharu Homma was born in 1888 in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. A member of the Japanese aristocracy, he was a graduate of several Japanese military academies as well as Oxford University.
Dec 6, 2022 · On Dec. 9, 1941, General Masaharu Homma (left), who commanded the Japanese forces that invaded the Philippines, is pictured coming ashore on the Philippine island of Luzon. Bettmann Archive....
Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Honma Masaharu, November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March.
