MILITARY PERSONNEL

Mitsuru Ushijima

1887 - 1945

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Mitsuru Ushijima (牛島 満, Ushijima Mitsuru, 31 July 1887 – 22 June 1945) was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. He was the commanding general of the 32nd Army, which fought in the Battle of Okinawa during the final stages of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mitsuru Ushijima has received more than 536,864 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Mitsuru Ushijima is the 412th most popular military personnel (up from 426th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Japan (down from 184th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Mitsuru Ushijima is famous for being the general in charge of the Japanese army in Okinawa during World War II. He was an expert in defensive warfare and was able to hold off the American forces for a long time.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mitsuru Ushijima ranks 412 out of 2,058. Before him are Ernst von Mansfeld, Laskarina Bouboulina, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Pierre Augereau, Reinhard Scheer, and Henri Guisan. After him are Israel Tal, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Nogi Maresuke, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, John of Austria the Younger, and Nikolai Kuznetsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Mitsuru Ushijima ranks 47. Before him are René Cassin, Harald Bohr, Julian Huxley, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Heinrich von Vietinghoff. After him are Hans Oster, George Pólya, Violet Jessop, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, and Giovanni Gronchi. Among people deceased in 1945, Mitsuru Ushijima ranks 81. Before him are Yun Chi-ho, Edith Frank, Margot Frank, Franz Ziereis, René Lalique, and Wied, Prince of Albania. After him are Hans Oster, John Ambrose Fleming, Plutarco Elías Calles, Georg Kaiser, Elisabeth Volkenrath, and Josef Terboven.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mitsuru Ushijima ranks 195 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōtoku (596), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Emperor Antoku (1178), Kitarō (1953), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646). After him are Nogi Maresuke (1849), Mori Ōgai (1862), Hiroaki Sato (1932), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), and Empress Genshō (680).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Mitsuru Ushijima ranks 22. Before him are Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Iwane Matsui (1878), and Sanada Yukimura (1567). After him are Nogi Maresuke (1849), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), and Saitō Hajime (1844).

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