- Takushiro Hattori
Infobox Military Person
name= Takushiro Hattori
lived= January 2, 1901 - April 30, 1960
placeofbirth=Tsuruoka, Yamagata ,Japan
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allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch= (IJA)
serviceyears= 1922–1945
rank=Colonel
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battles=World War II (Pacific War )
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laterwork=nihongo|Takushiro Hattori|服部卓四郎|Takushiro Hattori|extra= January 2, 1901 - April 30, 1960 was an
Imperial Japanese Army officer. He became head of the Operations Section of the Army General Staff, 1941-5, ranked as colonel. He worked, withMasanobu Tsuji , on Japanese planning for some of the major battles of World War II.He also acted as private secretary to
Hideki Tojo .His name was mentioned in CIA documents as a plotter in a 1952 plan to kill the Japanese prime minister of the time,
Shigeru Yoshida [ [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070228b1.html CIA files reveal militarist plot to kill Yoshida in '52 | The Japan Times Online ] ] .He wrote "Dai Toa Senso Zenshi" (The Complete History of the Great East Asia War, 1953), a large-scale military history of the
Pacific War .Notes
External links
*ja icon [http://homepage2.nifty.com/ijn-2600/hattori.html]
*ja icon [http://homepage2.nifty.com/ijn-2600/nomonhan.html Shooting down of his plane at Nomonhan]
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