Shimada Shigetaro - Shimada Shigetaro

Japanese: 嶋田繁太郎 - しまだしげたろう

Born: September 24, 1883, Tokyo
[Died] June 7, 1976. Tokyo Navy officer. Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1904 and the Naval War College in 1915. From 1916 to 1923 he lived in Italy as a military attaché at the embassy. After serving as Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet and Vice Chief of the Naval General Staff, he was promoted to Commander in Chief of the China Area Fleet and to Admiral in 1940. Shortly after becoming Commander in Chief of Yokosuka Naval District in 1941, he became Minister of Navy when the Tojo Hideki cabinet was formed. In 1944 he also served as Chief of the Naval General Staff, but resigned from this position one month after the Tojo cabinet fell. After World War II, he was sentenced to life imprisonment as a Class A war criminal at the Tokyo Trials, but was released on parole in 1955 and pardoned in 1958.

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Japanese:

[生]1883.9.24. 東京
[没]1976.6.7. 東京
海軍軍人。 1904年海軍兵学校，15年海軍大学校卒業。 16～23年イタリアに大使館付き武官として滞在。連合艦隊参謀長，軍令部次長などを歴任後，40年支那方面艦隊長官，大将に昇進。 41年横須賀鎮守府長官になってまもなく，東条英機内閣が成立，海相となる。 44年には軍令部総長を兼任したが，東条内閣が倒れると，1ヵ月後に軍令部総長も辞任した。第2次世界大戦後，東京裁判でA級戦犯として終身刑の判決を受けたが，55年仮出所，58年赦免。

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