The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yutaka Hirota

Hirota, Yutaka

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of August 1893

† 21st of March 1972

(広田 豊)

(ひろた ゆたか)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1940-12-02 Major-General
1945-04-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-08-01 1937-08-02 Military Attaché to Canada
1937-08-02 1938-01-30 Instructor at Shimoshidzu Army Aviation School
1938-01-30 1938-03-02 Attached to Shanghai Expeditionary Army
1938-03-02 1939-03-31 Attached to Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-03-31 1939-04-15 Instructor at Shimoshidzu Army Aviation School
1939-04-15 1940-09-27 Commanding Officer 27th Air Regiment
1940-09-27 1940-12-05 Attached to Special Air Group
1940-12-05 1943-02-25 Commanding Officer 10th Air Brigade
1943-02-23 1943-10-01 Commandant of Mito Army Aviation School
1943-10-01 1945-02-20 Commandant of Sendai Army Aviation School
1945-02-20 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 53rd Air Division