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Tadashi Katakura

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Tadashi Katakura (片倉 衷, Katakura Tadashi; 18 May 1898 – 23 July 1991) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Katakura was a prominent member of the Tōsei-ha faction and as a consequence was a target of the Kōdō-ha faction in the 26 February Incident in 1936, and indeed sustained a head wound at the time. He was on the staff of the Burma Area Army. He was chief of staff of the Thirty-third Army from 8 April 1944 to 19 June 1944. He was commander of the 202nd Division.

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