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Word: yoshinoris (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...massed squares battalion after battalion of Japanese infantry goose-stepped across the parade ground, each with its fluttering sunburst guidon. In the front of the reviewing stand were many of the highest officers in the Japanese Army & Navy: Vice Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Commander of the Shanghai fleet; General Yoshinori Shirakawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in Shanghai; Maj.-General Kenkichi Uyeda; Consul General Kuramatsu Murai; Minister to China Mamoru Shigemitsu. Behind them loomed the big foreign military attachés of Britain, France, Italy, the U. S. These white officials left the stand as soon as the review...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Birthday Surprise | 5/9/1932 | See Source »

Troops. Three Japanese transports left Shanghai with 20,000 troops aboard last week, but 30,000 troops remained. Sufficiently remarkable were the farewell words of General Yoshinori Shirakawa to the embarking troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Blunder of Magnitude | 3/28/1932 | See Source »

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