Takeshi Sakurada

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Takeshi Sakurada was a Japanese general in World War II.

He was part of the 25th graduating class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy. From August 1925 to August 1928 he served as a staff officer in the Kwantung Army.

During World War II, he commanded the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade of the 22nd Army as a major general. When the unit was disbanded in 1941 he was later promoted to lieutenant general and served in the region of southern Asia.

He was killed on September 10, 1943, when a transport ship carrying him through the East China Sea was sunk by Allied forces.


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