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Renya Mutaguchi (牟田口 廉也, Mutaguchi Ren'ya, 7 October 1888 – 2 August 1966) was a Japanese military officer, lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and field commander of the IJA forces during the Battle of Imphal . Biography. Mutaguchi was a native of Saga Prefecture.
11 de ene. de 2024 · To capture Imphal was the objective of Operation U-Go, the brainchild of Japanese Fifteenth Army commander General Renya Mutaguchi. He had conceived an ambitious plan with several purposes. The seizure of Imphal would forestall an invasion of Burma by British and Commonwealth forces.
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The plan to attack Imphal originated with Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi (1888-1966), a veteran of campaigns in China, Malaya and Singapore. He led three Japanese divisions and one Indian National Army division. Mutaguchi was stubborn and quarrelled with his divisional commanders during the campaign.
21 de jun. de 2014 · Renya Mutaguchi persuaded his Japanese superiors to allow him to attack British forces at Imphal and Kohima in hopes of preventing a British counterattack. But General Mutaguchi planned to...
Two divisions of the Japanese 15th Army, commanded by the hot-tempered General Renya Mutaguchi, crossed the Chindwin River and moved on Imphal. The third headed for Kohima. Both the Japanese and the British were operating under severe disadvantages. Time was not on Mutaguchi's side.
The Battle of Imphal was set in motion in March 1943 when the Japanese command in Burma reorganized its forces. Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi, commanding the Fifteenth Army, passionately advocated for an invasion of India, viewing it as a chance to achieve a decisive victory for Japan.
Now, April 4, in the nick of time, it was ordered to turn back and hold Kohima, to a chorus of pungent soldiers’ comments about the vagaries of high command. Lt. Gen. Renya Mutaguchi, commander of the Japanese 15th Army, felt compelled to launch a major offensive.
