Tomitarō Horii (堀井 富太郎, Horii Tomitarō, November 7, 1890 – November 23, 1942) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II...

and politician Ryuji Horii (堀井 利有司, born 1974), Japanese swimmer Saori Horii (堀井 沙織, born 1984), Japanese gravure idol Tomitarō Horii (堀井 富太郎, 1890–1942)...

battle, between the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii and Australian and Papuan land forces under command of New Guinea Force...

Seas Detachment (about 5,500 men) under the command of Major General Tomitarō Horii made separate landings at Tumon Bay in the north, on the southwest coast...

the capture of Guam, the South Seas Detachment, under Major General Tomitaro Horii, was tasked with capturing Kavieng and Rabaul as part of "Operation...

was drawn from the 55th Division and was commanded by Major General Tomitarō Horii. It consisted of the following units: 144th Infantry Regiment with 2700...

forces (some 2,100 men) of the South Seas Detachment under General Tomitarō Horii defeat the Australian Maroubra Force at Isurava, who fights delaying...

Government offices Preceded by Tomitarō Horii Commander of Occupied New Guinea 1942 Succeeded by Hatazō Adachi Succeeded by Hitoshi Imamura...

The Japanese were undaunted. A Japanese convoy conveyed Maj. Gen. Tomitarō Horii with about 4,400 troops onto the beach at Gona during the night of 21–22...

Thousands perished from starvation and disease; the commanding general, Horii, was drowned." Thus was the overland threat to Port Moresby permanently...

around Buna–Gona, under Major General Tomitarō Horii. Once they had retaken Guadalcanal, they planned to reinforce Horii's forces and launch a reinvigorated...

2005, p. 84. The South Seas Detachment was commanded by Major General Tomitarō Horii (USACMH Vol. I 1994, p. 47). Rottman states that the South Seas Detachment...

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Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office Tomitarō Horii (1890–1942) December 10, 1941 January 1942 Hayashi Hiromu January 1942 June 1942 Homura Teiichi...

Detachment was primarily from the 55th Division commanded by Major General Tomitarō Horii and included troops from the 55th Infantry Group, centered on the 144th...

and reverses elsewhere forced the Japanese commander, Major General Tomitaro Horii, to pursue a more defensive approach in Papua and New Guinea. As a result...

campaign. The South Seas Detachment, under command of Major General Tomitarō Horii, advanced using the Kokoda Track to cross the rugged Owen Stanley Range...

Atlantic. Died: Hernando Siles Reyes, 60, 37th President of Bolivia Tomitarō Horii, 52, Japanese general (drowned while attempting to canoe down the Kumusi...

Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake South Seas Force – Major General Tomitarō Horii 55th Infantry Group Headquarters 144th Infantry Regiment 1/144th Battalion...

Force of approximately 5,300 men under the command of Major General Tomitarō Horii landed at Rabaul in the early hours of 23 January 1942. Attached to...

on Mussau Island. 5,300 Japanese troops commanded by Major General Tomitarō Horii steamed into Rabaul Harbor during the night. German submarine U-606...

overland attack based on the South Seas Detachment, led by Major General Tomitarō Horii. It had previously been detailed for the aborted amphibious attack on...

the track as the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitaro Horii advanced south towards Port Moresby, coming after the Australians had...

the Japanese 4th Fleet, under the command of Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Tomitarō Horii's South Seas Detachment established a landing force built around the...

United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Detachment who had landed in Papua in mid-1942, with the...

United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Detachment who had landed in Papua in mid-1942, with the...

Australians dug themselves in, the Japanese, led by Japanese Major General Tomitarō Horii, prepared to attack. On 28 August, the Japanese launched their offensive...

Commanders of occupied New Guinea (1942–1945) 21 January 1942 to 1942 Tomitarō Horii 9 November 1942 to 13 September 1945 Hatazō Adachi Commander of the...

United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Detachment who had landed around Buna and Gona in Papua...

New Guinea, as part of the Japanese Eighteenth Army. 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion Colonel Tomitarō Horii (1938 - 1941) v t e v t e v t e...