The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Yasuhiko Asaka

Asaka, Yasuhiko

General

* 27th of November 1887

† 12th of April 1981

(朝香宮鳩彦王)

(あさかのみや やすひこおう)

Nickname: Prince Asakanomiya Yasuhikoō

Promotions

1922-08-XX Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-08-07 Colonel
1929-12-10 Major-General
1933-08-01 Lieutenant-General
1939-08-01 General

Service

1920-01-XX 1926-06-03 Attached to the War College
1926-06-03 1932-02-29 Instructor at the Military Academy
1932-02-29 1933-08-01 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade
1933-08-01 1935-12-02 General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division
1935-12-02 1937-12-02 Member of the Supreme War Council
1937-12-02 1938-03-14 Commander in Chief Shanghai Expeditionary Army [China]
1938-02-14 1945-11-30 Member of the Supreme War Council
1945-11-30 Retired
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