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 | | He attained the rank of general in the Japanese Army in 1933 and retired two years later, but came out of retirement to become the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War. |
 | | He was personally appointed to that post by Emperor Hirohito on August 15, 1937, and while leaving the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, said to then-Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro: "There's no solution except to break the power of Chiang Kai-shek by capturing Nanking. |
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