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	FIRST BLOOD - the Guadalcanal Campaign: A Brief History
		Hyakutake attacked and was slaughtered on the American defences.
		On December 9, the battle and jungle weary 1st Marine Division was withdrawn and in its place were the Americal Division and the 25th Division, both army formations, and the 2nd Marine Division for a total of 50,000 men under Major-General Alexander Patch.
		Hyakutake had less than half that number and a critical shortage of supplies left his men weak and sick.
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	World War II Plus 55 - Oct. 6-10, 1942
		Meanwhile, Hyakutake and his flunkies are trying to set up an army headquarters amid Guadalcanal's stinking jungles, in a valley two miles west of Kokumbona.
		As Hyakutake is briefed on this disaster, he sees survivors of the Bloody Ridge battle staggering back through the jungle.
		Hyakutake, gloomy, eats breakfast, and receives more bad news - a report that most of the rice unloaded the night before was stolen by the volunteer coolies, all survivors of Bloody Ridge.
	www.usswashington.com /dl06oc42.htm (6342 words)

	CHAPTER 7 The Battle for the Solomons \| NZETC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The main body of his army, which was created from elements of the South Army after it had completed its original mission, was drawn from 5, 18, and 56 Divisions, the principal units of which were concentrated at Davao, in the Southern Philippines, with others in Java and Rabaul.
		Hyakutake moved his headquarters and the main force to Truk and elements to Rabaul and Palau from the end of June to the
		Hyakutake also planned to bombard Henderson Field into impotence so that his disembarkation could proceed without air interference.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci-c7.html (8206 words)

	GUADALCANAL
		By August General Hyakutake had a force of some 8,400 men, most in the 2d Division, to hold the island and build airfields.
		As expected, the enemy transports came, bearing the 38th Division for General Hyakutake.
		With supplies from the Tokyo Express steadily falling and malaria casualties rising, General Hyakutake had no choice but to scale down his objectives.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/7338/gc.html (4091 words)

	WW2DB: Harukichi Hyakutake
		Between 1925 and 1927, lieutenant colonel Hyakutake was the Japanese Resident Officer in Poland.
		In May 1942, he was named the commanding officer of the 17th Army based in Rabaul, overseeing operations in the New Guinea and Solomon Islands area.
		He suffered a stroke during the Bougainville campaign in 1944 and was relieved of his duties.
	ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=390 (342 words)

	Harukichi Hyakutake [Archive] - World War II Zone Forums
		Harukichi Hyakutake [Archive] - World War II Zone Forums
		Harukichi Hyakutake was born in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
		He attended the Army War College in 1921, where he studied cryptanalysis, and was assigned to the Army's General Staff after graduation.
	worldwartwozone.com /forums/archive/t-4920.html (87 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Guadalcanal: The First Offensive [Chapter 4]
		Harukichi Hyakutake, had decided to retake the Lunga area.
		Hyakutake planned to use initially a force composed of part of the 28th Infantry of the 7th Division and the Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Forces, and later the 35th Brigade--about 6,000 troops in all.
		Hyakutake's first name is variously given as Fusayasu, Seikichi, and Harukichi.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Guadalcanal/USA-P-Guadalcanal-4.html (6959 words)

	A Guadalcanal Chronology & Order of Battle
		This at last awakened the Japanese Command to the magnitude of their task.
		Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, Commander of the 17th Army in Rabaul, decided to move himself and his headquarters to Guadalcanal.
		The whole 2nd Division would be brought in for an October offensive.
	www.friesian.com /history/guadal.htm (3871 words)

	Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Guadalcanal Order of Battle is a list of the significant land units that fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal between August 7th, 1942 and February 9th, 1943.
		On August 10th, 1942, the Japanese 17th Army under Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake assumed command of the Japanese efforts to retake Guadalcanal.
		The General arrived on the island to take direct command on October 10th.
	www.free-definition.com /Guadalcanal-Order-of-Battle.html (380 words)

	Southern Cross - Chapter Twelve - "Taivu Point" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		“He said what?” bellowed Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, commander of the 17th Army.
		It was never good to be the bearer of bad news, he knew, which was why a colonel had delegated this task to him.
		Does, in fact, General Kawaguchi know how to find his -” General Hyakutake abruptly bit off the end of the last sentence.
	home.att.net /~leverett/sc12.html (2513 words)

	The writing of David H. Lippman:::Wildbill Guarnere.com World War 2 Repository
		Scott maneuvers his ships out of range from planes from Rabaul -- not aware that Rabaul hasn't got any seaplanes to sortie -- and waits forthe enemy to appear.
		If we do not succeed in the occupation of these islands, no one should expect to return alive."
		All of Hyakutake's orders are being sent by two radio stations five miles west of Koilotumaria and at a village called Gurabusu, both near the coast.
	davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com /more.php?id=A76_0_1_0_M (6446 words)

	Colonel Masanobu Tsuji of Malaya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yamamoto saw in the relief an opportunity for the "decisive battle" to win the Pacific War.
		Tsuji returned to Rabaul to work out the details with Lt Gen Harukichi Hyakutake's staff officer, Col Haruo Konuma, a classmate of his from the Military Academy.
		But by Oct 20, when reinforcements came ashore the troops were in such terrible shape that Tsuji and Konuma had to scrap their battle plan and devise a surprise night attack on Henderson Field from the rear.
	www.warbirdforum.com /tsujia.htm (2011 words)

	[1.0] The Guadalcanal Campaign: Stumbling Into Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, commander of the Imperial Japanese 17th Army there, believed that the main Allied counterstroke would fall on New Guinea and that the Guadalcanal operation was merely a diversion.
		The victory disease also infected Imperial Navy intelligence, resulting in an estimate of only 2,000 US Marines on Guadalcanal.
		The Navy asked the Army to clean them out, and appropriate orders were relayed to General Hyakutake, commander of the Japanese 17th Army in Rabaul.
	www.vectorsite.net /tw2guad1.html (8972 words)

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