Ryukichi Tanaka
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(1896 – 1972)
Ryukichi Tanaka, 田中隆吉, Japanese Major-General, in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two.
Tanaka was attached to the 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment from 1934 to 1935. Then attached to 2nd Section of the Kwantung Army staff from 1935 to 1937. From 1937 to 1939 he was commanding officer of the 25th Mountain Artillery Regiment in Manchuria.
Returning to Japan from 1939 to 1940, Tanaka was Chief of the Military Service Section, Military Administration Bureau, in the Ministry of War. In 1940 he was sent to China as Chief of Staff of the First Army. There he was said to have started the Three Alls Policy. Later in 1940, he was made Head of the Military Administration Bureau, of the Ministry of War and in 1941, Principal at the Nakano School, that did training in espionage & sabotage.
Following those postings Tanaka was in reserve until 1942 when he was attached to the Eastern Defense Army, and then retired. In 1945 he was realled and served as Commandant of Ratsu Fortress until the end of the war. During the war crimes trials after the war, in Tokyo, Tanaka testified three times for the prosecution, twice for the defense.
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