1. Isamu Yokoyama was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War.
12 Facts About Isamu Yokoyama
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Yokoyama was born in Chiba Prefecture as the son of a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army; however, the Yokoyama clan was originally from what is Fukushima Prefecture, where they were samurai in service of Aizu Domain.
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Isamu Yokoyama attended military preparatory schools in Himeji and Osaka and graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in December 1909.
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Isamu Yokoyama served with the IJA 3rd Infantry Regiment as a junior officer.
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Isamu Yokoyama graduated from the 27th class of the Army Staff College in December 1915.
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Isamu Yokoyama was transferred to the staff of the Kwantung Army in April 1932, and was promoted to colonel in August of the same year.
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Isamu Yokoyama was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1939.
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Isamu Yokoyama was later involved in the capture of Henyang and the Battle of Changsha during Operation Ichi-Go in August 1944.
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Isamu Yokoyama was reassigned back to mainland Japan as commander of both the Western District Army and the Japanese Sixteenth Area Army in November 1944.
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Isamu Yokoyama was based in Fukuoka at the time of the surrender of Japan.
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In July 1946, Isamu Yokoyama was arrested by the US occupation authorities on suspicion of war crimes.
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However, Isamu Yokoyama's sentence was later commuted to life in prison.