- Masutaro Nakai
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Lieutenant General Masutaro Nakai was a senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He led a brigade-sized formation, known as the Nakai Detachment, which had been detached from the 20th Division during the Finisterre Range campaign.[1] He was later placed in command on the 20th Division.
Notes
- ^ Dexter 1961, p. 424.
References
- Dexter, David (1961). Volume VI – The New Guinea Offensives. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=22. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
Categories:- Japanese generals
- Japanese military personnel of World War II
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