During World War II, the Japanese army conferred on six marshals (honorary ranks), including Marshals Shunroku Hata, Shouichi Terauchi, and Moto Sugiyama, and Admiral Kokazuka, Shuji Nagano, and Isoroku Yamamoto.
It is reasonable to say that if you can stand out among the generals and be awarded the title of marshal, it is certainly not possible without two brushes. Among these six, however, there was a "stupid marshal" and even a very ugly nickname, called "Poop Door", which means "toilet door".
This person is Sugiyama Moto.
Sugiyama was awarded the title of Marshal not because of his outstanding record, but because of his old qualifications. It is no exaggeration to say that he can be found in all the wars of foreign aggression since the Russo-Japanese War.
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904 was Sugiyama's "battlefield debut", and as a result, not long after his debut, he hung up the color, and his right cheek was cut off by shrapnel, which is why his facial muscles have been sagging ever since. Anyway, instead of eating by the face, this actually aroused Sugiyama's determination to join the battlefield.
During World War I, Sugiyama went to India alone to serve as the Japanese military attaché in India, and traveled alone to Europe to investigate, becoming the first person in Japan to propose the establishment of an army aviation corps; at the time of the September 18 Incident, Sugiyama Moto was then the deputy officer of the Kwantung Army and actively planned this military operation; soon after his promotion to minister of war in 1937, he single-handedly provoked the North China Incident and led to the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident; after that, Sugiyama Yuan, as a major general of the army, successively in the Chinese battlefield, the Pacific theater and the Japanese mainland defense war. all play an important role...
It was because of these qualifications that Sugiyama was promoted to field marshal in 1943, becoming one of only three marshals in the Japanese Army during World War II.
However, the status is high and the ability cannot keep up, and it is definitely going to make a joke. Let's take a look at why Sugiyama is called "Stupid Marshal".
First of all, at the beginning of the Japanese invasion of China, Sugiyama ignored the strategy of "not expanding the incident" proposed by his predecessor Ishihara Guan'er, and put forward the arrogant slogan of "destroying China in three months" (it should be explained here that the Japanese at that time said "destroy China" meant forcing China to seek peace with Japan).
After that, although Sugiyama Moto was stripped of his black hat for his inability to fight, it was not long before he hooked up with Hideki Tojo, and the two fanatics immediately hit it off and threw a large number of troops into the Chinese battlefield, resulting in Japan being mired in the quagmire of the Chinese battlefield in the late stages of World War II. In this regard, Sugiyama Yuan can be said to be "indispensable".
Moreover, on the issue of launching a Pacific War, the Japanese authorities had indeed been undecided in their choice to challenge the U.S. military in the south Pacific and to attack the Soviet Union from the north, and as a close confidant of Emperor Hirohito, Sugiyama Moto's opinion was naturally asked.
As a result, I don't know whether Nomonhan was completely frightened by the Russians in the First World War, or whether Sugiyama Moto's brain twitched and he even declared unashamedly: "The Pacific War can be resolved within a month!" "Good fellow, this is completely uncollected from the failure in China!"
It's funny that Emperor Hirohito actually believed him! Coupled with the addition of admirals such as Yuki Nagano and Isoroku Yamamoto, Hirohito eventually ordered a war with the U.S. army, and the result was that the U.S. army was devastated.
Many people talk about this history and say that it is difficult to understand, if Japan at that time did not choose to be the enemy of the Americans, but went north to attack the Soviet Union, then Moscow may really not be able to hold, and the situation in World War II may also be rewritten. Fortunately, thanks to Sugiyama, the "stupid marshal", he helped the Japanese choose the most difficult path.
Finally, let's talk about his nickname , "Poop Gate", what does it mean? It is the "door of the toilet", describing a person who has seen short and seen the wind fall. It is said that this is because Japanese toilets can generally be pushed in and out, and over time such a saying has been formed.
It seems that the nickname "Poop" is still quite suitable for Sugiyama Moto.