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Kiyotake Kawaguchi (川口 清健, Kawaguchi Kiyotake, 3 December 1892 – 16 May 1961) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography [ edit ]
The Kawaguchi Detachment (Japanese: 川口支隊) was an Imperial Japanese Army brigade that existed during World War II. Under the command of Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi , they fought in the Battle of Borneo and a part of the Guadalcanal Campaign .
Of these units, the 35th Infantry Brigade under Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi was at Palau, the 4th (Aoba) Infantry Regiment under Major General Yumio Nasu was in the Philippines, and the 28th Infantry Regiment under Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki was embarked on transport ships near Guam. The different units began to move toward Guadalcanal ...
Kiyotake Kawaguchi: unassigned list, March 1943; transferred to first reserve list, April 1943; Teiichi Suzuki: transferred to first reserve list; Renya Mutaguchi: retired, December 1944; Toshizō Nishio: placed on reserve list, 1942; Ichiro Shicida: retired, April 1945; recalled to active duty
The Japanese main unit for this mission was the 35th Infantry Brigade led by Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi. [1] The invasion of Borneo was part of a large Japanese invasion in the Pacific, which starting on December 7, 1941 attacked or invaded the United States, Great Britain, and Thailand, including territories in Burma, Malaya, and the ...
Major General Kawaguchi Kiyotake sent 124th Infantry Regiment to west coast of southern Cebu and landed in Barangay Bato, Pinamungajan, Cebu on April 16. Kawaguchi moved north with tanks and artillery support towards Toledo. [3] Opposing them is 1st Battalion 82nd Infantry under Major Daniel Iway.
Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, commander of the invasion force. Kuala Belait and Lutong were captured on the same day with around 10,000 Japanese soldiers ashore. [26] [29] On 22 December, Brunei Town was captured and the main Japanese force moved westwards towards Kuching after securing the oilfields in northern Sarawak.
— Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, IJA, Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade at Guadalcanal [180] Beyond Kawaguchi, several Japanese political and military leaders, including Naoki Hoshino, Nagano, and Torashirō Kawabe, stated shortly after the war that Guadalcanal was the decisive turning point in the conflict. Said Kawabe, "As for the turning ...