Joichiro Sanada

Infobox Military Person
name= Joichirō Sanada
lived= November 21, 1897 - August 3, 1957
placeofbirth= Hokkaidō, Japan
placeofdeath=


caption= General Joichirō Sanada
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allegiance= Empire of Japan
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serviceyears=
rank= Major General
commands= IJA 86th Regiment
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battles= World War II (Pacific War)
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nihongo|Joichiro Sanada|真田穣一郎|Joichiro Sanada|extra= November 21, 1897 - August 3, 1957 was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Throughout much of the war, Sanada was an important and influential officer on the staff of the Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo.

Biography

A native of what is now Bibai, Hokkaidō, Sanada graduated from Sapporo South High School and the army cadet school in Sendai before being accepted into the 31st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy. He served in the infantry, and subsequently graduated from the 39th class of the Army Staff College in 1927. He served with the Tokyo Defense Headquarters in his early career, and held a number of staff assignments at the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He was sent as a military attache to Europe from 1936-1937. After his return to Japan, from 1938-1939, he was Secretary to the Minister of War. From 1939-1940, he briefly held a field command (IJA 86th Infantry Regiment) before his appointment as Army Liaison Officer to the Japanese China Area Fleet from 1940-1941.

Sanada was a strong supporter of Hideki Tojo's rise to the position of prime minister in the Japanese government, [Yomiuri Shimbun, "WAR RESPONSIBILITY--delving into the past (15) / Lower-ranked officers also to blame"] and served in various senior positions within the Army General Staff during World War II. In the closing days of the war, he became Chief of Staff of the Second General Army.

References

Books

*cite book
last = Dupuy
first = Trevor N.
authorlink =
year = 1992
title = The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography
publisher = HarperCollins Publishers
location = New York
id = ISBN 0-7858-0437-4
*cite book
last = Frank
first = Richard
authorlink = Richard B. Frank
year = 1990
title = Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
publisher = Random House
location = New York
id = ISBN 0-394-58875-4
*cite book
last = Fuller
first = Richard
year = 1992
title = Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai
publisher = Arms and Armour Press
location = London
id = ISBN 1854091514
*cite book
last = Hayashi
first = Saburo
year = 1959
title = Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War
publisher = Marine Corps Association
location =
id = ASIN B000ID3YRK

External links

*cite web
last = Ammenthorp
first = Steen
url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Sanada/Joichiro/Japan.html
title = Sanada Joichiro, Major-General
work = The Generals of World War II
*cite web
last = Yomiuri Shimbun
first =
year = August 15, 2006
url = http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/0007/15.htm
title = WAR RESPONSIBILITY--delving into the past (15) / Lower-ranked officers also to blame
work = Yomiuri Shimbun
*cite web
last =
first =
url = http://imperialarmy.hp.infoseek.co.jp/general/colonel02/sanada.html
title = Sanada Joichiro
work = (Japanese)

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