The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tomitaro Horii

Horii

Tomitaro, Lieutenant-General

(1890 – 1942)

(堀井富太郎)

1933
- 1935
Assigned to Waseda University
1935
- 1937
Attached to 12th Regiment
1937
- 1938
Attached to 8th Depot Division
1938
- 1940
Commanding Officer 78th Regiment
1940
Attached to 11th Depot Division
1940
- 1942
Commanding Officer Infantry Group 55th Division
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding South Sea Detachment, New Guinea
1942
Killed in an accident
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley