Tadaichi Wakamatsu

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Tadaichi Wakamatsu
Native name	若松 只一
Born	(1893-03-08)8 March 1893 Fukushima prefecture, Japan
Died	19 November 1959(1959-11-19) (aged 66)
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles / wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

Tadaichi Wakamatsu (若松 只一, Wakamatsu Tadaichi, 8 March 1893 – 19 November 1959), also known as Tadakazu Wakamatsu, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

In 1935, Wakamatsu was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army General Staff. Under orders from Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Wakamatsu was sent to Berlin, where he was involved in the forging of the Anti-Comintern Pact.^[1]

As a general, Wakamatsu served in various army and army group level staff officer positions until he was appointed as the Vice Minister of War in April 1945, during the last months of the Pacific War. In August 1945 he was involved in the Kyūjō incident and played a role in ensuring that the army followed Hirohito's orders to surrender.^[2]

After the war Wakamatsu testified as a witness at the Tokyo Trials.^[3]

In July 1948, he was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the mistreatment of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) on hell ships. After being tried as a Class B war criminal, he was found guilty and sentenced to prison.^[4]

• Frank, Richard B. (1999). Downfall: the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-100146-3.