The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masachika Hirata

Hirata

Masachika, Lieutenant-General

(1891 – 1960)

(平田正判)

1936
- 1938
Military Attaché to the USA
1938
Attached to the General Staff
1938
- 1939
Commandaing Officer 2nd Taiwan Regiment
1939
Director of Narashino Chimical Warfare School
1939
- 1941
Vice Chief of Staff Northern China Area Army
1941
Director of Noncommissioned Officers' School
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer 61st Independent Infantry Group
1942
- 1943
Attached to Eastern Army
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 51st Depot Division
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 22nd Division, China-Thailand