Toshinari Shōji

Infobox Military Person
name= Toshinari Shōji
lived=
placeofbirth= Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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caption= Toshinari (Toshishige) Shōji
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allegiance= flagicon|Japan|alt Empire of Japan
branch=
serviceyears=
rank= Major General
commands= 230th Infantry Regiment
unit=
battles= World War II
Netherlands East Indies campaign
Guadalcanal campaign
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Toshinari Shōji, also known as nihongo|Toshishige Shōji|東海林俊成|Shōji Toshinari/Toshishige was a major general and in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific campaign in World War II.

Biography

A native of Sendai, Shōji graduated from the 25th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy. He subsequently graduated from the Army Staff College in 1912. [Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II]

Shōji was promoted to rank of colonel on August 1 1939. Beginning in 1941, he commanded the IJA 230th Infantry Regiment, sometimes called the "Shōji Detachment". From February through March 1942, this unit participated in the invasion of Java as part of the Netherlands East Indies campaign. In October 1942, he and his regiment were deployed to Guadalcanal as part of the strategically significant Guadalcanal Campaign. After participating to a minor degree in the Battle for Henderson Field, Shōji's regiment took heavy losses in the Koli Point action and Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse. [Frank, "Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle"]

Surviving the eventual Japanese defeat in the campaign and withdrawal from Guadalcanal, Shōji was promoted to major general in March 1944. After his return to the Japanese home islands in 1945, he was appointed to command the Sendai District under the Japanese Fifth Area Army in the final stages of World War II. [Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II]

References

Books

*cite book
last = Frank
first = Richard
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
authorlink =
year = 1992
title = Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai
publisher = Arms and Armour Press
location = New York
id = ISBN 1-85409-151-4
*cite book
last = Griffith
first = Samuel B.
authorlink =
year = 1963
chapter =
title = The Battle for Guadalcanal
publisher = University of Illinois Press
location = Champaign, Illinois, USA
id = ISBN 0-252-06891-2
*cite book
last = Rottman
first = Gordon L.
authorlink =
coauthors = Dr. Duncan Anderson (consultant editor)
year = 2005
title = Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43
publisher = Osprey
location = Oxford and New York
id = ISBN 1-84176-870-7

Web

*cite web
last = Ammentorp
first = Steen
url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Shoji/Toshishige/Japan.html
title = Shoji Toshishige, Major-General
work = The Generals of World War II
*cite web
last = Author unknown
first =
url = http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/shoji.html
title = Colonel Toshishige Shoji
work = Geocities
*cite web
last = Hough
first = Frank O.
coauthors = Ludwig, Verle E., and Shaw, Henry I., Jr.
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/I/index.html
title = Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
format =
work = History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II
publisher =
accessdate = 2006-05-16
*cite web
last = Shaw
first = Henry I.
date =
year = 1992
month =
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Guadalcanal/index.html
title = First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal
work = Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
pages =
accessdate = 2006-07-25
*cite web
last = Zimmerman
first = John L.
year = 1949
url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal.html
title = The Guadalcanal Campaign
work = Marines in World War II Historical Monograph
accessdate = 2006-07-04

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