Kenji Doihara (jap. Doihara Kenji, * 8 August 1883; "† 23 December 1948) was a most dangerous Japanese feeler gauge, who was active since 1904 in China. From western journalists it received the pointed name Lawrence of Mandschurien.

Life

Kenji Doihara was an aggressive Japanese nationalist before and during the Second World War. It was responsible for the Mukden incident from 18 September 1931, which served for the Japanese troops as pretext to march into Manchuria. Explosive devices at the railway exploded. Directly after the Japanese assault he took over the function of the mayor von Mukden. On 5 October 1931 it suggested letting the Chinese city attack Jinzhou by Japanese bombers in order to test the reaction from China, the USA and the Soviet Union to the Japanese invasion. At the end of of 1931 to at the beginning of of 1932 it organized the so-called Tianjin incident, which led to the fact that the last Mandschu emperor Pu Yi let himself be gone on a trip after Tianjin and up to his far journey into Japanese occupied Manchuria on the territory of the there Japanese address stopped. Pu Yi was used some months later than the head of state of the Japanese vassal state Mandschukuo, in order to legitimize the there Japanese troop operational readiness level internationally. Further murders at different cabinet members took place in Japan a row, who were initiated by Doihara and which should prevent that the Japanese troops in Manchuria received a retreat instruction. In addition it created the organization Tokumu Kikan, which should eliminate all anti-Japanese movements in China.

1935 it provided by the Doihara Qin agreement designated after him for which Chinese troops from the northern Chahar region of Manchuria withdrew themselves and were continued to strengthen so the existence of the State of Mandschukuo.

While the 1930er and 1940er years was he in the trade with Opium in China involved, by letting it manufacture in Japan and transport from there to China.

Doihara was one of the chief executives for the outbreak of the second Japanese-Chinese war 1937. He was first commander of the 14. Division of the Japanese Kwantung army, which on 14 September 1937 the river Yongding he crossed. It became 1938 a commander of the Kwantung army. After the defeat of its troops in the battle of Luowngzhai, a place near the yellow river, to 28. May 1938 it was degradiert, held however until 1940 further a commander function. 1940 it was appointed into the highest war council of Japan and commander of the Japanese Air Force. In the advice it supported the plan of attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of of 1941. 1944 it the commander of the Japanese ground forces in Southeast Asia was appointed and had its headquarters in Singapore. It was responsible in this time for the existence of a set of brutal prisoner-of-war camps in Malaya, on Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

After the end of the war it was brought to processes into the Sugamo prison and accused in the Tokioter as a war criminal. It was found for guilty and punished on 23 December 1948 with death by He is thereby the only secret service member, during 20. Century for its crimes to the account pulled is.

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