During World War II, most of the officers of the Japanese army were known for their cruelty and inhumanity, and committed countless heinous crimes.
Of course, you can't kill them all with a stick, and there are no shortage of excellent generals among the Japanese commanders, such as Lieutenant General Shinzaburo Miyazaki.
In the Japanese army, Miyazaki Shinzaburo was known as a "famous general", and even his biography, the title of the book is "Famous General Miyazaki Shinzaburo" (above).
The reason why Miyazaki Shinzaburo can be called a "famous general" is nothing more than two reasons, one is because of his excellent performance on the battlefield.
At that time, Japan and the Soviet Union fought in the Battle of Nomonkan, facing the powerful and fierce Soviet Red Army, the Japanese army was beaten to a miserable, took the initiative to withdraw from the battle, signed a contract, and then had a psychological shadow on the Soviet army for decades.
However, in the total defeat of the Japanese army, there was a team that was particularly eye-catching, the whole team was scrappy and well-equipped, and it was the only Japanese army that won the battle. The commander of this force was None other than Shinzaburo Miyazaki.
Of course, it is undeniable that being able to win a victory with the Soviets is related to Miyazaki's late entry into the war and the fact that he did not encounter the main force of the Soviet army, but this is enough to show Miyazaki's good command ability.
It is worth mentioning that just as the Battle of Nomonkan was nearing its end, Miyazaki Shinzaburo secretly planted a boundary marker in the Nomonkan area before retreating, and it was not until the two sides sat at the negotiating table to begin to discuss the border issue that the Soviets realized, but it was too late. There was no way, the Soviets could only be dumb and eat yellow lotus, and they acknowledged the existence of boundary monuments.
This story shows that Miyazaki Shinzaburo can not only fight hard battles, but also has many ghost ideas and is flexible on the battlefield.
The second reason is the "benevolence" he showed in the war.
In the Battle of Yingpal, Miyazaki Shinzaburo, as the vanguard of the Japanese 31st Division, once went deep alone and was invincible, and then the main force of the Japanese army collapsed, and It was Miyazaki Shinzaburo who was responsible for breaking the queen. Relying on the terrain conditions and tricky tactical arrangement, Miyazaki Shinzaburo blocked the Allied forces with very few troops, which won three weeks for the retreat of the main Japanese army.
Moreover, Miyazaki's own team was not only well-established, but also took in more than 500 scattered Japanese officers and soldiers along the way. In order to retreat with the wounded and sick, Miyazaki Shinzaburo, as the brigade commander, personally dismounted and carried a stretcher, and even distributed his rations to the wounded and sick, preferring to go hungry himself. This is the Japanese army, which is clearly the style of the Eighth Route Army!
Of course, if you just take care of your own people, you can't explain too much, Miyazaki Shinzaburo, unlike most Japanese generals, has always pursued a policy of "preferential treatment of prisoners".
Later in the war, the Japanese army was also faced with a shortage of drugs, but Miyazaki Shinzaburo still ordered that scarce drugs should be given priority to prisoners.
It was precisely because of this that Miyazaki Hadesaburo also had a good reputation among the Allies, so that after the end of World War II, many Allied forces interceded for him and did not designate him as a war criminal.
After the war, Miyazaki Shigezaburo made a living selling ceramics from his hometown, and many of his comrades-in-arms asked him to come out and do things, but he refused all of them, never participated in any activities, and spent the last 20 years in obscurity.
In 1965, Miyazaki Shinzaburo died of illness, and on his deathbed, his mouth was still chanting: "Has the XX squadron been withdrawn?" What about XX Squadron? ”
If you put aside your position, from the perspective of a pure soldier, Miyazaki Shinzaburo does have a respectable place, worthy of the title of "famous general", but in the Japanese army, Miyazaki Shinzaburo is doomed to be a loser.