Naozaburo Okabe

Naozaburo Okabe
General Naozaburo Okabe
Native name
岡部 直三郎
Born(1887-09-30)September 30, 1887
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
DiedNovember 23, 1946(1946-11-23) (aged 59)
Shanghai, China
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1909-1945
Rank General
Battles / wars

Naozaburō Okabe (岡部 直三郎, Okabe Naozaburō, September 30, 1887 – November 23, 1946) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Japanese Sixth Area Army from November 1944 until the end of World War II.