page_title: Takuro Matsui
hierarchical_section_title: Takuro Matsui
caption_attribution_description: English: general Takuro Matsui, commander of the 5th Infantry division, Imperial japanese army, during the battle of Singapore Italiano: Il comandante della Quinta divisione fanteria giapponese, generale Takuro Matsui, durante la campagna di Malesia
context_page_description: Takurō Matsui was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
  Matsui commanded the Western District Army between 15 July 1938 and 9 March 1940.
  He received command of the 5th Japanese Division on 15 October 1940, which fought at that time in China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 8 December 1941, his division landed on the beaches of Southern Thailand and fought with success in the Malayan Campaign and the following Battle of Singapore.
  On 11 May 1942, he was replaced at the head of the division by Lieutenant General Yamamoto Tsutomi.
  On 18 March 1943 he became Chief of Staff of the China Expeditionary Army, a post he would hold until 1 February 1945, when he became commander until the end of the War of the Thirteenth Army, posted in the lower Yangtze River area of east central China.
context_section_description: Takurō Matsui (松井 太久郎; Fukuoka Prefecture, 3 December 1887 – 10 June 1969) was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
  Matsui commanded the Western District Army between 15 July 1938 and 9 March 1940.
  He received command of the 5th Japanese Division on 15 October 1940, which fought at that time in China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 8 December 1941, his division landed on the beaches of Southern Thailand and fought with success in the Malayan Campaign and the following Battle of Singapore. 
  On 11 May 1942, he was replaced at the head of the division by Lieutenant General Yamamoto Tsutomi.
  On 18 March 1943 he became Chief of Staff of the China Expeditionary Army, a post he would hold until 1 February 1945, when he became commander until the end of the War of the Thirteenth Army, posted in the lower Yangtze River area of east central China.
caption: General lieutenant Takuro Matsui, Commander of the 5th Division, at the Battle of Singapore
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