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Heisuke Yanagawa

Heisuke Yanagawa
General Heisuke Yanagawa
Native name
柳川 平助
Born(1879-10-02)October 2, 1879
Nagasaki Prefecture, Empire of Japan
DiedJanuary 22, 1945(1945-01-22) (aged 65)
Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1900–1938
Rank Lieutenant General
CommandsIJA 1st Division, Taiwan Army, IJA 10th Army
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun
Order of the Golden Kite
Order of the Sacred Treasure
Alma materImperial Japanese Army Academy
Army War College (Japan)
Other workMinister of Justice
Vice-Minister of War

Heisuke Yanagawa (柳川 平助, Yanagawa Heisuke, October 2, 1879 – January 22, 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Japanese forces under Yanagawa's command committed the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.


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