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Sato sa was born in the prefecture Yamagata, 1913 terminates štúdium on Imperiálnej military akadémii and in 1921 Armádne štábne kolégium.
As a colonel in 1938 in charge 75. the regiment pechoty in the battle of Lake Khasan. His regiment odvážnym nočným útokom vytláča sovietske sily zo contested kopca.
In 1939, ever explored sa udial incident Nomonhan and after his menovaní general major, Sato is in charge 2. sektorovej jednotke 8. hraničnej posádkovej unit (Hailar) under the command of general Michitaro Komatsubara.
As lieutenant general gets under my velenie 31. divíziu, from jeje aktivácie in marci 1943. Divízia under his command he has for the role of konštrukčné work in Thailand, who in septembri 1943's divízii nariadený shift to Burma, where sa zaraďuje under the 15. army.
Pôsobenie in Burme and operácia U-Go
Along with divíziou sa participates in operácie The-Go and has a role so my divíziou útočiť of the IV corps in the Imphale. plan was personally drawn up and presadený velitelom 15. armyMutaguchim and presadený with the help of the minister of war Hideki Tojo.
Plan bol vyslať 31. divíziu (zahrňujúcu 58., 124., 138. the regiment pechoty and 31. regiment mountain delostrelectva) obsadiť Kohimu and odrezať ju from Imphalu, and subsequently pokračovať smerom to Dimapur. Sato wasn't excited about this plánom, nakoľko ochre rfect person from another saw his riziká and very malú shot at success. Reportedly one of the day povedal svojmu staff, that probably idú on istú death.
Sato considered together with ostatnými older dôstojníkmi veliteľa 15. armyMutaguchiho for obmedzeného and stubborn. It is bad vzťahy of nadriadeným stemmed from the past, ever explored počiatkom 30 years stood on opposite straných stretu frakcií Toseiha and Kodoha in the framework of the army. Sato bol presvedčený that there is a need hľadať cause of ich bad relationship.
In half maya's Satove unit vyhladovené and Sato begins to have a view that Mutaguchi and velenie 15. army sa nezaoberajú situáciou his jednotiek. To this dospieva after that, ako in apríly gets rôzne zmetočné and protichodné orders.
May zlyhal in the half fools ' day, main attack on Imphal, Mutaguchi demanded that the sa 31. divízia or parts involved in the attack on Imphal zo the north and that in time, when at the same time žiadal to divízia fought and udržala Kohimu.
Sato was of opinion that his divízia is posúvaná hore, mine without own plánovania and thinking. Ochre rfect person from another sa domnieval that velenie 15. army manipulating zásobovanie divízie in it neprospech. Subsequently nariaďuje your troops to retreat, to preserve ich fighting force, what, however, Britom allows you to re-obsadiť Kohimský ridge.
25.5. Sato announces veleniu 15. army that 1.6. ustúpi, ak his divízia get supplies. 31.5. unit opúšťajú his position on severus in rozpore with Mutaguchiho rozkazom držať pozíciu. After the ostracized rozkazov Mutaguchiho after niekolko another týždňov is Sato 7.7.1944 vystriedaný vo command 31. divízie.
Sato odmietol challenge spáchať seppuku and požiadal by a military court to clear my name and to publicly pointed out nekompetentnosť Mutaguchiho. But it didn't so, thanks to the intervention veliteľa Burmskej zone of army lt-gen. Masakazu Kawabe, one the doctors prehlásili that Sato utrpel really mentálne disorders of a fighter and not capable of postaviť sa before the court, 23.11.1944 odchádza retired.
Sato bol again povoloaný the istáho year to service and pridelený to veleniu 16. the army of the ktorej sa nasledovne in 1945 was an Army severovýchodnej zone.
After kapitulácii Japan, Sato neúnavne helped preživším member of his former velenia, ako aj sa aktívne involved in the work of the group veteránov and pomohol during the creation of pamätníkov fallen in the campaign in Imphale in Matsuyama, Ehime, and in Shonai, Yamagata.
Velenie 15. army zľava to the right, predný rad gen. por. Genzo Yanagida, veliteľ 33. divízie, General Shinichi Tanaka, veliteľ 18. divízie, General Mutaguchi, veliteľ 15. army, gen. por. Sukezo Matsuyama, veliteľ 56. divízie and lt-gen. Kotoku Sato, veliteľ 31. divízie.
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