Shōjirō Iida
| Shōjirō Iida | |
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General Shōjirō Iida
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| Native name | 飯田 祥二郎 |
| Born |
August 8, 1888 Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan |
| Died | January 23, 1980 (aged 91) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1908–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Imperial Guard, 25th Army, 15th Army, 30th Army |
| Battles/wars | |
Shōjirō Iida (飯田 祥二郎 Iida Shōjirō?, 8 August 1888 – 23 January 1980) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Iida was a native of Yamaguchi prefecture and a graduate of the 20th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908 and the 27th class of the Army Staff College in December 1915. Iida was promoted to captain in December 1918. He participated in the Japanese Expeditionary force for the Siberian Intervention against the forces of the Bolshevik Army against White Russian forces in Russia.
After serving in a variety of administrative positions within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, including a stint as Instructor at the Infantry School from 1932 to 1934, Iida was appointed commander of the 4th Imperial Guards Regiment from 1934 to 1935. He was subsequently Chief of Staff of the IJA 4th Division from 1935 to 1937.
With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Iida became Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army in China in 1938. Iida was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1939. He was assigned to command the Taiwan Army of Japan from 1938 to 1939. In 1939, he returned to the Imperial Guard as its commander, and held the post until 1941.
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