The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Kanji Irie

Irie, Kanji

Major-General

* 15th of January 1889

† 3rd of December 1965

(入江莞爾)

(いりえ かんじ)

Promotions

1937-11-01 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General

Service

1937-03-05 1937-11-01 Commanding Officer 11th Independent Field Artillery Regiment
1937-11-01 1938-08-01 Commanding Officer 11th Independent Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1938-08-01 1938-12-10 Instructor at the Army Air Defence School
1938-12-10 1940-08-01 Executive Officer, Army Air Defence School
1940-08-01 1941-07-19 Chief of Ordnance Section, Eastern Defence Army
1941-07-19 1941-11-19 Commanding Officer 1st Tokyo Anti-Aircraft Group
1941-11-19 1942-05-04 Commanding Officer Eastern Air Defence Command
1942-05-04 1942-10-14 Commandant of the Army Air Defence School
1942-10-14 1944-04-01 Commandant of Chiba Army Air Defence School
1944-04-01 1944-08-22 Commandant of Chiba Anti-Aircraft School
1944-08-22 1945-05-05 Commanding Officer Nagoya Anti-Aircraft Artillery Command
1945-05-05 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division