About Kumao Imoto
Lived 1903 – 2000 (aged 96). Kumao Imoto was a Japanese military personnel.
Kumao Imoto (井本熊男; 1903 in Yamaguchi Prefecture – 2000) was a Japanese military officer and a Lieutenant General of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
Life Imoto logged fatal experiments with cyanide gas as a weapon in 1942.
Imoto's book The Great East Asian War, written as an Operations Diary (Dai Toa Senso Sakusen Nisshi) was published in 1979.
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Who was Kumao Imoto?
Japanese military personnel (1903-2000)
When was Kumao Imoto born?
Kumao Imoto was born on 1 May 1903 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
When did Kumao Imoto die?
Kumao Imoto died on 3 February 2000.
What was Kumao Imoto's occupation?
Kumao Imoto was a military personnel.
What nationality was Kumao Imoto?
Kumao Imoto was Japanese.
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