page_title: Hisaichi Terauchi
section_title: Military-political career
hierarchical_section_title: Hisaichi Terauchi / Biography / Military-political career
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 1938 年畑俊六（左）与寺内寿一（右）在徐州合影 English: Hata Shunroku (left) with Field Marshal Terauchi Hisaichi in Xuzhou Deutsch: Links: Hata Shunroku (畑俊六, General; 1879-1962) Rechts: Terauchi Hisaichi (寺内寿一, Generalfeldmarschall; 1879–1946) bei Xuzhou
context_page_description: Count Hisaichi Terauchi was a Gensui in the Imperial Japanese Army, commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II, and a war criminal.
context_section_description: Terauchi was strongly associated with the Kōdõha faction in military politics  and briefly served as interim Army Minister in March 1936 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Koki Hirota. His inflammatory rhetoric brought about the collapse of the Hirota administration in January 1937 when he engaged in a verbal shouting match against Speaker of the House Kunimatsu Hamada, accusing him of defaming the Army. Hamada retorted that he did not insult the Army, and would commit seppuku if it could be proven otherwise. On the other hand, Hamada said that Terauchi should commit seppuku himself if his accusation should be proven false. This clash further intensified the conflict between the military and the civilian political parties in the Japanese Diet.
caption: Terauchi (right) with Field Marshal Shunroku Hata in Xuzhou, 1938
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