Hajime Sugiyama
| Hajime Sugiyama | |
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Sugiyama in military uniform.
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| Born | January 1, 1880 Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Died | September 12, 1945 (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1901 - 1945 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held |
12th Division Northern China Area Army First General Army |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Japanese War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
| Awards | Order of the Golden Kite, Order of the Rising Sun |
Hajime Sugiyama (杉山 元 Sugiyama Hajime / Sugiyama Gen?, January 1, 1880 – September 12, 1945) was a field marshal who served as successively as chief of the Army General Staff, and minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II between 1937 and 1944. As War Minister in 1937, he was one of the principal architects of the China Incident or second Sino-Japanese War. Later, as Army Chief of Staff in 1940 and 1941, he was a leading advocate of expansion into Southeast Asia and later preventive war against the United States.
Born to a former samurai family from Kokura (now part of Kitakyushu City), Fukuoka Prefecture, Sugiyama was commissioned as a lieutenant in the infantry in 1901 after graduation from the 12th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and served in the Russo-Japanese War.
After graduating from the 22nd class of the Army Staff College in 1910 and serving on the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, Sugiyama was posted as military attaché to the Philippines and Singapore in 1912. Promoted to major in 1913, he was posted again as military attaché to British India in 1915. During this time, he also visited Germany, and became acquainted with the use of aircraft in combat in World War I.
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