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Suzuki Keiji
Suzuki Keiji | |
|---|---|
 Keiji Suzuki as a Major General | |
| Native name | 鈴木敬司 |
| Nickname(s) | Bo Mogyo ("Thunderbolt Commander") "Japanese Lawrence of Arabia" "Thunderbolt Commander" |
| Born | 1897 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 1967 |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan |
| Service |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1918–1945 |
| Rank | 
Major General |
| Unit | Taiwan Army of Japan |
| Commands | Southern Spy Agency |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Suzuki Keiji (鈴木敬司, February 6, 1897 – September 20, 1967) was a Japanese army intelligence officer during the Second World War. Operating primarily in Burma, he helped form the Burma Independence Army and was an advocate for Burmese independence, described as a "Japanese Lawrence of Arabia".[1][2] The Burmese refererred to him by the nom de guerre Bo Mogyo, meaning "Thunderbolt Commander".[3]
- ^ Christopher Alan Bayly; Timothy Norman Harper (2005). Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945. Harvard University Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-674-01748-1.
- ^ Ba Maw (1968). Breakthrough in Burma (PDF). Yale University Press. p. 111.
- ^ Tobias Rettig; Karl Hack (21 December 2005). Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia. Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-134-31476-8.
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