The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kumakichi Harada

Harada, Kumakichi

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of August 1888

† 28th of May 1947

(原田熊吉)

(はらだ くまきち)

Promotions

1933-08-01 Colonel
1937-08-02 Major-General
1939-10-XX Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-08-01 1932-02-26 Resident Officer in Nanjing [China]
1932-02-26 1932-08-08 Resident Officer in Shanghai [China]
1932-08-08 1935-08-01 Chief of Rear Area Branch, Kwantung Army
1935-08-01 1937-08-13 Commanding Officer 4th Imperial Guards Regiment
1937-08-13 1938-02-18 Military Attaché to China
1938-02-18 1939-01-01 Chief of Intelligence Section, Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-01-01 1940-05-23 Governmental Adviser to Central China Expeditionary Army
1940-05-23 1942-03-02 General Officer Commanding 35th Division
1942-03-02 1942-11-09 General Officer Commanding 27th Division
1942-11-09 1945-04-07 General Officer Commanding 16th Army [Java]
1945-04-07 1945-09-20 General Officer Commanding 55th Army
1945-06-15 1945-11-30 Commander in Chief Shikoku Army District
1947-05-28 Condemned to death as a war criminal