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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 ( jap. 本間 雅晴; * 27. November 1887 auf Sado, Präfektur Niigata, Japan; † 3. April 1946 in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippinen) war ein japanischer Führungsoffizier in der kaiserlichen Armee, zuletzt im Dienstgrad Generalleutnant . Nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurde er wegen Kriegsverbrechen der japanischen Streitkräfte hingerichtet .
30. März 2024 · Homma Masaharu (born Nov. 27, 1887, Sado, Japan—died April 3, 1946, Los Baños, Luzon, Phil.) 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).
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ww2dbase 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. Homma served as an observer on the Western Front in 1914 and later, in a more active capacity, during the Sino-Japanese War. His character, a ...
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...
7. Juni 2019 · The US was the earliest of the Allies to begin its trials. The Army’s Manila trials of Yamashita Tomoyuki (October–December 1945) and Honma Masaharu (January–February 1946) were the first public hearings in Asia against Japanese war criminals. The two defendants were commanders in the 14th Area Army. Yamashita was convicted for ...
Three of the four successive commanding generals of the Japanese army that invaded and occupied the Philippines were among the accused: Lt. Gen. Honma Masaharu, commander the 14th Army at the time of the initial invasion of the Philippines (December 1941 – August 1942); Lt. Gen. Kuroda Shigenori, holding the same position in the 14th Army and su...
