Yoshijirō Umezu

Jan 4, 1882 - Jan 8, 1949

Yoshijirō Umezu was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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