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Kodama Gentaro児玉源太郎alternative words: Kodama Gentarou, Gentaro Kodama, Gentarou Kodama keywords: military man , russia , war related topics: Choshu domain , Boshin war , Seinan war , Sino-Japanese war , Russo-Japanese war , Oyama Iwao related web sites: http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~s.w.gen/genntarou.html , http://www.ag.wakwak.com/~azuma/nichiro/gen.html explanation: Born in 1852 in a samurai family of Choshu domain. He first participated in Boshin war of 1868 then in Seinan war of 1877 to get a good reputation. Appointed as director of Japanese military academy in 1887, he was eager for introducing German army tactics. He participated in Sino-Japanese war of 1895 as stuff officer, then became Army minister in 1900. During Russo-Japanese war of 1905, as chief of stuff of Manchurian army led by Oyama Iwao, he brought a victory to Japan. He died in 1906. | |