The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Hata
Shunroku, Field Marshal
(1879 – 1962)
(畑 俊六)
1919
Instructor at the War College
1919
- 1921
Chief of Maneuvers Branch, 2nd Section (Maneuvers), 1st Bureau, General Staff
1921
- 1922
Commanding Officer 16th Field Artillery Regiment
1922
- 1923
Commanding Officer Field Artillery School Training Regiment
1923
- 1926
Chief of 2nd Section (Maneuvers), 1st Bureau, General Staff
1926
- 1927
Commanding Officer 4th Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
1927
- 1928
Head of 4th Bureau, General Staff
1928
- 1931
Head of 1st Bureau, General Staff
1931
- 1933
Inspector of Artillery
1933
- 1935
General Officer Commanding 14th Division
1935
- 1936
Head of Army Aeronautical Department, Ministry of War
1936
- 1937
Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District
1937
Member of the Supreme War Council
1937
- 1938
Inspector-General of Military Training
1938
Commander in Chief Central China Expeditionary Army, China
1938
- 1939
Member of the Supreme War Council
1939
Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
1939
- 1940
Minister of War
1940
- 1941
Member of the Supreme War Council
1941
- 1944
Commander in Chief China Expeditionary Army, China
1944
- 1945
Inspector-General of Military Training
1945
Commander in Chief 2nd General Army
1945
Retired
1945
- 1948
Arrested and tried as a war criminal
1948
Condemned to life imprisonment as a war criminal
1954
Released
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