Lieutenant General Horii Heitarō

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Japanese_Imperial_Army
gptkb:World_War_II_commanders
Japanese_military_history
Japanese_military_leadership
gptkbp:awards Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Sacred Treasure
gptkbp:birthDate 1880-01-01
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Chūō_Cemetery,_Tokyo
gptkbp:children Horii Masako
Horii Takashi
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Japanese_17th_Army
gptkbp:deathDate 1948-01-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Staff_College
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Academy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant General Horii Heitarō
gptkbp:influenced Japanese_military_strategy_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:influencedBy Japanese_military_tradition
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Japanese_military_operations_in_New_Guinea
gptkb:Japanese_military_operations_during_World_War_II
gptkb:Japanese_military_operations_in_the_Solomon_Islands
Japanese_military_operations_in_Southeast_Asia
Japanese_military_operations_in_the_Philippines
Japanese_military_operations_in_the_South_Pacific
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership during the Battle of Buna-Gona
Leadership during the Battle of Guadalcanal
Military tactics in jungle warfare
Leadership_during_the_New_Guinea_Campaign
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:World_War_II
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:nickname Heitarō
gptkbp:notableFor Commanding_Japanese_forces_in_the_Pacific_during_World_War_II
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Kōchi_Prefecture,_Japan
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Lieutenant General
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kawaguchi_Masajirō
gptkbp:rank Lieutenant General
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1901-1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Horii_Yoshiko
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Yamashita_Tomoyuki