Harry Kurosawa
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Harry Kurosawa | |
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 Kurosawa in 1944 | |
| Nickname(s) | That Badass Rubrumian The Hunter of Communists |
| Born | 18 August 1910 Regina, Saskatchewan, Rubrum |
| Died | 18 February 2011 (aged 100) Regina, Saskatchewan, Rubrum |
| Buried | Regina Heroes Memorial |
| Allegiance |  Rubrum |
| Service/ | Rubrumian Army |
| Years of service | 1928- 1976 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Third Rubrumian Army Royal Regina Rifles |
| Battles/wars | Estharian Civil War War of Lorican Aggression |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Honor Legion of St. Georgius Military Medal Second Europan War Victory Medal Joyonghean Honors Order of His Sovereign Highness Order of the Taegeuk Cordon for Distinguished Service Joyonghean Army Honor Medal |
| Relations | Murakamo Susaya (mentor) Tasaku Mitsuru (mentor and friend) Murasame Susaya (aide-de-camp and student) |
| Other work | Professor at the University of Saskatchewan |
General Sir. Harry Kurosawa KG, GCB, CLE, RD, COR (18 August 1910 - 18 February 2011) was a Rubrumian senior officer who rose to fame for his efforts during the Estharian Civil War and in the Second Europan War under his mentor General Murakamo Susaya. Kurosawa was known for his fast deployments in the battlefield and his ability to shift into different styles of warfare, which his mentor pioneered.
Kurosawa was the son of a Rubrumian-Nihhonese officer and a Nihhonese mother. Although he grew up under his mother's care, his father got him interested in military life. Kurosawa found himself in a close relationship with his mentor, then-Captain Tasaku Mitsuru. The two shared a close bond until Kurosawa graduated in 1928. He soon found himself enlisting in the Rubrumian Army and here, he met General Susaya. He found himself under the General's close supervision when he was deployed to Esthar during the Civil War in 1932. Kurosawa showed promise when his brigade of Rubrumian volunteers managed to catch Republican troops off-guard, allowing A.C.G. Linholm''s Nationalists to push and take Teruel. He was promoted to Major as a result by Susaya himself.
He found himself in the heat of battle once again, this time during the Second Europan War, where he performed incredible feats of manoeuvres that found Allied formations overcoming Imperial forces. He continued to rise through the ranks, becoming the youngest Rubrumian General at the age of 28 after his promotion to Brigadier. He became a full General in 1943 at the age of 33, which saw him his reassignment to Joyonghea, where he was reunited with his college professor. He also met General Susaya's son, Murasame Susaya and hoped that he had his father's calibre. He put a lot of trust on the young Susaya, taking him and his friends under his wing, a nod to his mentor's role in life. His success during the Rubrumian Landings put General Douglas Tecumseh Stilwell and half of the Concordian forces to be sent to the Gangbaek Theater and endorsed General Jacob Cedric Cunningham to replace him as the commander of the Concordians that remained in the mainland.
Kurosawa later served with distinction, helping out in the Post Second Europan War Crisis of 1945 and later during the War of Lorican Aggression until his retirement in 1975 at the war's end. He returned home and became a military professor for aspiring students at the University of Saskatchewan and in the University of St. Georgius, in which one of his students was future Field Marshal Kiriya Kitagawa.
Kurosawa left a lasting legacy across many military organisations in the Commonwealth. His flexibility in warfare has been thoroughly studied in many military academies to this day. Many military historians and generals have credited him as having perfected the fast manoeuvre and Envelopment style of warfare. Associated with daring and bold movements, quirky quotes, and phrases; Kurosawa has been given the moniker of "That Badass Rubrumian" by many soldiers under his command, epitomising the typical Rubrumian soldier of the time. In addition to his honours and achievements, he is the only Allied general during EWII to have fought the major Imperial powers (East Europa, Archadia, Quenmin, Ruzhite Empire, and Guadosalam) throughout the war.
Early Life
Military Career
Second Europan War
At the start of the Second Europan War, he served as a liaison officer to General Murakamo Susaya. At this time, he had returned from Esthar following the Estharian Civil War, which saw him contribute to the Nationalist victory. Because of the start of the war, he was unable to return to Rubrum and agreed to stay in Gallia along with General Susaya. During the early months of the war, there was a shortage of capable field officers from Rubrum and Susaya was forced to send Kurosawa to the field after being talked over by the latter that he can :"take care of himself".
Kurosawa established himself as one of Susaya's accomplished field officers, succeeding in Allied victories at Vasel and in Naggiar and delaying strong Imperial pushes during the Fouzen Counteroffensive. But it was during Operation Clubber where Kurosawa distinguished himself, being tasked with the impossible objective of preventing Imperial forces advancing into Anthold, Gallia's biggest port. Susaya had been ordered by Lucian General Harry Tachibana to prevent Anthold from falling into enemy hands, thus sending Kurosawa in charge of the defense in the port town. During the battle, elements of the Royal Regina Rifles led by Kurosawa were able to hold the vital road the the port city which enabled Susaya to continuously get supplies into the port and reinforcing Kurosawa's lines. By mid-1936, after nearly a year of defending the port city, Kurosawa's strong tactical defenses had prevented Anthold from falliing into enemy hands.
In 1938, Kurosawa was ordered by Susaya to go to Erebonia and undergo a series of tactical training, believing that Kurosawa was destined to be a true leader. He wrote a letter to Field Marshal Daidoji Kitagawa to make sure that Kurosawa would be made and be trained, being that Kitagawa could aid in Kurosawa's future successes. On his first day in Erebonia, he had immediately impressed Kitagawa after blunting an Imperial thrust to the Sutherland province of Erebonia by conducting ruse operations that were made to think that Kurosawa was attacking another line against the Imperial forces. Here, Kurosawa mastered the art of deception, a tactic which he was able to use to the fullest extent later in during his famous 1944 march in Joyonghea. He was able to fake an attack that the Imperials had believed that he was going to cross the border when all he planned for was to reduce enemy commitments to the province itself by positioning a portion of his forces near the border. For this action, he was promoted to Brigadier upon his return to Europa by General Susaya.