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DescriptionMajor Kenji Hatanaka.jpg
English: Photo of Major Kenji Hatanaka (1912–45), chief conspirator for a coup d’état to prevent the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II.
日本語: 畑中 健二(1912年-1945年)。最終階級は陸軍少佐。
Date
Definitely before subject's death on 15 August 1945
Source
The Pacific War Research Society (2002) [1968] Japan's Longest Day (English edition ed.), Kodansha International, pp. p. 66 Retrieved on 24 February 2009. ISBN: 4770028873.
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