Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Shunroku Hata

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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Shunroku Hata

Shunroku Hata was a field marshal (gensui) in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948, but was paroled in 1954.

July 26, 1879 - May 10, 1962
As the rising sun melts thinly frozen ice, so the Japanese Army is overcoming Chinese troops.
Asia, in cooperation with Europe, is about to take simultaneous action towards realization of a New World Order.
I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to extract the facts directly from people like me. — © Shunroku Hata
I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to extract the facts directly from people like me.
We should not miss the present opportunity or we shall be blamed by posterity.
I will take responsibility for all operations.
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