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Kimura Heitarō ( japanisch: 木村兵太郎; * 28. September 1888 in der Präfektur Saitama; † 23. Dezember 1948 in Tokio) war ein General der Kaiserlich Japanischen Armee, der unter anderem zwischen 1939 und 1940 Kommandeur der 32. Division und von 1940 und 1941 Chef des Stabes der Kwantung-Armee war.
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.
September 1944 wurde Generalleutnant Kimura Heitarō als Nachfolger von Generalleutnant Kawabe Masakazu zum neuen Befehlshaber der Regionalarmee Burma bestellt. Generalleutnant Shinichi Tanaka wurde zum Generalstabschef der Regionalarmee Burma ernannt und hatte die Verantwortung für die Operationen.
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.
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.
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.
Indeed, the Burma Area Army commander General Heitarō Kimura had been ordered to defend Rangoon to the death, but he withdrew to Moulmein. Had it not been for his decision to withdraw, Rangoon may have been utterly destroyed.
