Masatane Kanda
| Masatane Kanda | |
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General Masatane Kanda
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| Born | April 24, 1890 Aichi Prefecture Japan |
| Died | January 15, 1983 (aged 92) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1911 - 1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
6th Division 17th Army |
| Battles/wars |
World War II *Bougainville campaign |
| Awards | Order of the Sacred Treasures (1st class) |
Masatane Kanda (神田 正種 Kanda Masatane?, April 24, 1890 – January 15, 1983), was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
A native of Aichi Prefecture, Kanda graduated from the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911 and was assigned to the Kwantung Army and based out of the South Manchurian Railway office in Harbin in his early career. He graduated from the 31st class of the Army Staff College in 1934. From 1934-1936, he was assigned as military attaché to Turkey. On his return to Japan, he served for a year as an instructor at the Army War College before being reassigned to serve as Chief of the 4th Section of the 2nd Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, where he was (despite his fluency in the Russian language) in charge of collecting and analyzing military intelligence reports from Europe and North America.
With the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, he was assigned briefly to be commander of the IJA 45th Infantry Regiment, but soon returned to a staff position as Chief of the 1st Section (and later Chief of the 1st Bureau) of the powerful Inspectorate General of Military Training.
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