The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Seishirō Itagaki

Itagaki, Seishirō

General

* 21st of January 1885

† 23rd of December 1948

(板垣征四郎)

(いたがき せいしろう)

Promotions

1928-03-08 Colonel
1932-08-08 Major-General
1936-04-XX Lieutenant-General
1941-07-07 General

Service

1924-06-XX 1926-08-10 Attached to the Embassy in China
1926-08-10 1927-05-28 Attached to the General Staff
1927-05-28 1927-07-XX Attached to 33rd Brigade Staff
1927-07-XX 1928-03-08 Attached to 10th Division
1928-03-08 1929-05-14 Commanding Officer 33rd Infantry Regiment [China]
1929-05-14 1931-10-05 Chief of Strategy Branch, Kwantung Army
1931-10-05 1932-08-08 Chief of Intelligence Branch, Kwantung Army
1932-08-08 1933-02-08 Military Advisor to Manchukuo
1933-02-08 1934-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1934-08-01 1934-12-10 Chief Military Advisor to Manchukuo
1934-12-10 1936-03-23 Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1936-03-23 1937-03-01 Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1937-03-01 1938-05-25 General Officer Commanding 5th Division [China]
1938-05-25 1938-06-03 Attached to the General Staff
1938-06-03 1939-08-30 Minister of War
1939-08-30 1939-09-04 Attached to the General staff
1939-09-04 1941-07-07 Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
1941-07-07 1945-04-07 Commander in Chief Chosen Army [Korea]
1945-02-01 1945-04-07 Commander in Chief 17th Area Army [Korea]
1945-04-07 1945-09-02 Commander in Chief 7th Area Army [Singapore]
1946-04-XX 1948-12-23 Arrested and tried as a war criminal
1948-12-23 Condemned to death and hanged as war criminal
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