Yoshihide Hayashi
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| Yoshihide Hayashi | |
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 General Yoshihide Hayashi |
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| Place of birth | Wakayama prefecture, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1914 -1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | IJA 54th Division, IJA 53rd Division |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Yoshihide Hayashi (林義秀 Hayashi Yoshihide?) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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[edit] Biography
A native of Wakayama Prefecture, Hayashi was a graduate of the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and of the 35th class of the Army Staff College in 1923. Initially assigned to the Kwangtung Army he was on the planning team for the successful Operation Chahar in northern China during the initial stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
From 1938-1940, Hayashi served with the garrison forces in Taiwan. He was promoted to major general in 1941.
From 1940, in the preparatory work towards the invasion of Southeast Asia, Hayashi was in command of the Taiwan Army Research Section, tasking with investigating issues with tropical warfare; the a major general [1]
From 1941-1942, Hayashi was Vice Chief of Staff of the IJA 14th Area Army. He was given a field command in 1943, when he was assigned command of the IJA 54th Division.[2]
In 1943-5, Hayashi was commander of the IJA 24th Independent Mixed Brigade in Burma. He became commander of the IJA 53rd Division in Burma in 1945. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1945.
[edit] References
[edit] Books
- Dorn, Frank (1974). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor. MacMillan.. ISBN: 0025322001.
[edit] External links
- Ammenthorp, Steen. Yoshihide Hayashi. The Generals of World War II.
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1] [2] Mentioned in biography of Colonel Masanobu Tsuji
- ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
