Masao Baba

Masao Baba
Lieutenant General Masao Baba (Centre) at Labuan airstrip to sign the surrender document at the 9th Division Headquarters (10 September 1945)
Born(1892-01-07)7 January 1892
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died7 August 1947(1947-08-07) (aged 55)
Rabaul, Territory of New Guinea
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1909–1945
Rank Lieutenant General
CommandsIJA 37th Army
Battles / warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II

Masao Baba (馬場 正郎, Baba Masao, 7 January 1892 – 7 August 1947) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding the Japanese ground forces of the Borneo Campaign of 1945 in the closing months of the war.


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