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Nishimura, Takuma (西村 琢磨)

    Date of birth:
    September 1st, 1899 (Fukuoka prefecture, Japan)
    Date of death:
    June 11th, 1951 (Manus Island, Territory of Papua and New Guinea)
    Nationality:
    Japanese

    Biography

    Lieutenant general and war criminal Takuma Nishimura was the governer of the Shan states and Sumatra during the Second World War. He was hanged in 1951.

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