Yoshihide Hayashi

Infobox Military Person
name= Yoshihide Hayashi
lived= August 25 1891 - february 5 1978
placeofbirth=Wakayama prefecture, Japan
placeofdeath=


caption=General Yoshihide Hayashi
nickname=
allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch=
serviceyears=1914 -1945
rank=Lieutenant General
commands=IJA 54th Division, IJA 53rd Division
unit=
battles= Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
awards=
family=
laterwork=nihongo| Yoshihide Hayashi |林義秀|Hayashi Yoshihide|extra=August 25 1891 - february 5 1978 was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Biography

A native of Wakayama Prefecture, Hayashi was a graduate of the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and of the 35th class of the Army Staff College in 1923. Initially assigned to the Kwangtung Army he was on the planning team for the successful Operation Chahar in northern China during the initial stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

From 1938-1940, Hayashi served with the garrison forces in Taiwan. He was promoted to major general in 1941. From 1940, in the preparatory work towards the invasion of Southeast Asia, Hayashi was in command of the Taiwan Army Research Section, tasking with investigating issues with tropical warfare; the a major general [ [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/aesthetic/1073/00000022.html] [http://www.warbirdforum.com/tsujia.htm] Mentioned in biography of Colonel Masanobu Tsuji ]

From 1941-1942, Hayashi was Vice Chief of Staff of the IJA 14th Area Army. He was given a field command in 1943, when he was assigned command of the IJA 54th Division. [Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II]

In 1943-5, Hayashi was commander of the IJA 24th Independent Mixed Brigade in Burma. He became commander of the IJA 53rd Division in Burma in 1945. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1945. After the surrender of Japan, he was held for investigation of possible war crimes and incarcerated at Manila, Philippines until July 1953.

References

Books

*cite book
last = Dorn
first = Frank
coauthors =
year = 1974
title = The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor
publisher = MacMillan.
location =
id = ISBN: 0025322001

External links

*cite web
last = Ammenthorp
first = Steen
url = http://generals.dk/general/Hayashi/Yoshihide/Japan.html
title = Yoshihide Hayashi
work = The Generals of World War II

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