Assigned command of the IJA 1st Cavalry Regiment in 1923, Ueda was promoted to major general in 1924 and was assigned as commanding officer of the IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade.
Despite his injury, Ueda remained on active service and returned to Japan to staff postings with the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, rising to the post of Vice Chief from 1933 to 1934. In 1934, Ueda became the commander-in-chief of the Chosen Army in Korea. Promoted to full general on November 28, 1934, Ueda returned to Manchukuo as commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army from 1936 to 1939. As commander, Ueda supported measures to suppress the illicit narcotics trade in Manchukuo and northern China. [3]
In 1939, he also held the post of ambassador of Japan to Manchukuo and was a member of the Supreme War Council.[4]
A strong believer in the “Strike North” or Hokushin-ron policy that Japan's main enemy was communism and that Japan's destiny laid in conquest of the natural resources of the sparsely populated north Asian mainland, Ueda supported the unauthorized aggressive actions initiated by staff and field officers on the Soviet border with Manchukuo and Mongolia which led to the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts with heavy fighting and high casualties against Soviet forces around Nomonhan between May and August 1939.[5] Despite the disastrous results of the battles against Soviet forces, Ueda remained adamant in his support of the hokushin-ron policy and refused to discourage his officers from taking similar actions. He was recalled back to Japan in late-1939 and forced into retirement.
Retiring from public life, Ueda lived quietly through World War II. In the postwar era, he served as honorary chairman of various veterans associations and died in 1962.
DecorationsEdit
1931 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
1934 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
1934 – Order of the Golden Kite, 3rd class
ReferencesEdit
Fukagawa, Hideki (1981). (陸海軍将官人事総覧 (陸軍篇)) Army and Navy General Personnel Directory (Army). Tokyo: Fuyo Shobo. ISBN4829500026.
Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN1-85043-569-3.
Hata, Ikuhiko (2005). (日本陸海軍総合事典) Japanese Army and Navy General Encyclopedia. Tokyo: St. Martin's Press. ISBN4130301357.
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Kenkichi Ueda 植田 謙吉 Ueda Kenkichi 8 March 1875 11 September 1962 was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino Japanese War He played an active role in the Soviet Japanese Border Wars of the late 1930s Kenkichi Ueda植田 謙吉General Ueda KenkichiGovernor General of KwantungIn office 6 March 1936 7 September 1939MonarchShōwaPrime MinisterKōki HirotaPreceded byJiro MinamiSucceeded byYoshijirō UmezuPersonal detailsBorn 1875 03 08 8 March 1875Osaka prefecture JapanDied11 September 1962 1962 09 11 aged 87 Alma materArmy War CollegeMilitary careerAllegiance Empire of JapanService wbr branch Imperial Japanese ArmyYears of service1898 1939RankGeneralCommands held9th Division Japanese Korean Army Kwangtung ArmyBattles warsSiberian Intervention Soviet Japanese Border Wars Second Sino Japanese War Contents 1 Biography 2 Decorations 3 References 4 External links 5 FootnotesBiography EditBorn in Osaka prefecture Ueda attended the predecessor of Hitotsubashi University and subsequently graduated from the 10th class Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1898 and the 21st class of the Army Staff College in 1908 Although his specialization was infantry he was assigned to the 9th Cavalry Brigade under the IJA 18th Division and was later transferred to the IJA 16th Division He remained in cavalry for the remainder of his career Serving as a staff officer in the Siberian Expeditionary Army from 1918 to 1919 Ueda was promoted to colonel in July 1919 Assigned command of the IJA 1st Cavalry Regiment in 1923 Ueda was promoted to major general in 1924 and was assigned as commanding officer of the IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade Promoted to lieutenant general in 1928 Ueda became commander in chief of the Japanese China Garrison Army from March 1929 to the end of December 1930 As commander of the IJA 9th Division from 1930 to 1932 his division was sent into combat during the First Shanghai incident however it failed to break the Chinese defenses and Ueda was withdrawn in disgrace and replaced by General Yoshinori Shirakawa s IJA 11th Division 1 Ueda was subsequently involved in much of the fighting against Chinese forces during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria He was promoted to the honorific title of Junior Fourth Court Rank 2 nbsp Kenkichi Ueda after Hongkew Park BombingUeda lost a leg in the 29 April 1932 terror attack by Korean independence activist Yoon Bong Gil which killed his superior General Yoshinori Shirakawa in Shanghai s Hongkou Park Despite his injury Ueda remained on active service and returned to Japan to staff postings with the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff rising to the post of Vice Chief from 1933 to 1934 In 1934 Ueda became the commander in chief of the Chosen Army in Korea Promoted to full general on November 28 1934 Ueda returned to Manchukuo as commander in chief of the Kwantung Army from 1936 to 1939 As commander Ueda supported measures to suppress the illicit narcotics trade in Manchukuo and northern China 3 In 1939 he also held the post of ambassador of Japan to Manchukuo and was a member of the Supreme War Council 4 A strong believer in the Strike North or Hokushin ron policy that Japan s main enemy was communism and that Japan s destiny laid in conquest of the natural resources of the sparsely populated north Asian mainland Ueda supported the unauthorized aggressive actions initiated by staff and field officers on the Soviet border with Manchukuo and Mongolia which led to the Soviet Japanese border conflicts with heavy fighting and high casualties against Soviet forces around Nomonhan between May and August 1939 5 Despite the disastrous results of the battles against Soviet forces Ueda remained adamant in his support of the hokushin ron policy and refused to discourage his officers from taking similar actions He was recalled back to Japan in late 1939 and forced into retirement Retiring from public life Ueda lived quietly through World War II In the postwar era he served as honorary chairman of various veterans associations and died in 1962 Decorations Edit1931 nbsp Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 1934 nbsp Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun 1934 nbsp Order of the Golden Kite 3rd classReferences EditFukagawa Hideki 1981 陸海軍将官人事総覧 陸軍篇 Army and Navy General Personnel Directory Army Tokyo Fuyo Shobo ISBN 4829500026 Dupuy Trevor N 1992 Encyclopedia of Military Biography I B Tauris amp Co Ltd ISBN 1 85043 569 3 Hata Ikuhiko 2005 日本陸海軍総合事典 Japanese Army and Navy General Encyclopedia Tokyo St Martin s Press ISBN 4130301357 Coox Alvin D 1990 Nomonhan Japan Against Russia 1939 Stanford University Press ISBN 0 8047 1835 0 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kenkichi Ueda Ammenthorp Steen Ueda Kenkichi The Generals of World War II Neeno Timothy Nomonhan The Second Russo Japanese War Military History Online Japanese Imperial Army site permanent dead link Footnotes Edit Hoyt Edwin Palmer 1986 Japan s War The Great Pacific Conflict McGraw Hill p 100 ISBN 0070306125 官報 第1225号 叙任及辞令 January 31 1931 Friman H Richard 1996 NarcoDiplomacy Exporting the U S War on Drugs Cornell University Press p 59 ISBN 080143274X Ammentorp The Generals of World War II Neena Nomonhan the Second Russo Japanese War Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenkichi Ueda amp oldid 1170905179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,