The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Hongō, Yoshio
Lieutenant-General
* 20th of March 1892
† 28th of June 1962
(本郷義夫)
(ほんごう よしお)
Promotions
| 1935-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1938-07-15 | Major-General |
| 1941-08-25 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-08-01 | Senior Staff Officer, Awards Branch, Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1935-08-01 | – | 1936-12-01 | Commanding Officer 12th Infantry Regiment |
| 1936-12-01 | – | 1937-08-06 | Attached to 1st Division |
| 1937-08-06 | – | 1937-11-01 | Attached to Air Group |
| 1937-11-01 | – | 1938-06-10 | Instructor at the Hamamatsu Army Aviation School |
| 1938-06-10 | – | 1938-12-10 | Executive Officer, Hamamatsu Army Aviation School |
| 1938-12-10 | – | 1939-12-11 | Commanding Officer 4th Air Group |
| 1939-12-01 | – | 1940-12-02 | Chief of Staff, 12th Army |
| 1940-12-02 | – | 1943-06-10 | Commandant of Kumagai Army Aviation School |
| 1943-06-10 | – | 1945-03-01 | General Officer Commanding 62nd Division [Manchuria - Okinawa] |
| 1945-03-01 | – | 1945-05-30 | General Officer Commanding Kwantung Defence Army [Manchuria] |
| 1945-05-30 | – | 1945-09-XX | General Officer Commanding 44th Army [Manchuria] |
| 1945-09-XX | – | 1950-04-XX | Prisoner of War [Soviet Union] |
| 1950-04-XX | Released |
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