Japanese Forces

general Kotoku Sato

lieutenant general in the japanese imperial army he commanded the 19th infantry division during the battle of lake khasan against the soviet union in 1938, in the hills to the west of Lake Khasan Sato's forces expelled Russian troops from the hill in a night attack, the execution of which became a Japanese model for assaults on fortified positions. Later, he participated in the Battle of Imphal during Burma Campaign in 1944.