General Yoshio Nishimura

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Japanese_Imperial_Army
gptkbp:awards Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Sacred Treasure
gptkbp:birthDate 1880-01-01
gptkbp:children gptkb:Yoshio_Nishimura_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Japanese_forces_in_the_Philippines
14th Army
16th Division
gptkbp:deathDate 1947-01-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:Army_War_College
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Academy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Yoshio Nishimura
gptkbp:influence Japanese_military_strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy Meiji Restoration
Taisho Democracy
Western military strategies
Japanese_military_leaders
Japanese_imperial_ideology
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines
Post-war trials
War crimes discussions
Japanese_military_operations_in_Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:knownFor Defensive strategies
Controversial decisions
Leadership_in_the_Philippines
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_Japanese_military_history
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant General
Major General
Battle of Bataan
Battle of Corregidor
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Kōchi_Prefecture,_Japan
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:postWarCareer Japanese_military_advisor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Masaharu_Homma
gptkbp:rank General
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Pacific_War
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1901-1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Yoshiko_Nishimura
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Tomoyuki_Yamashita