The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Torajirō Iwai

Iwai, Torajirō

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of January 1889

† 16th of November 1981

(磐井虎二郎)

(いわい とらじろう)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1944-07-14 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-10-25 1938-07-15 Commanding Officer 5th Depot Regiment
1938-07-15 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 25th Infantry Regiment
1939-08-01 1941-10-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 21st Division
1941-10-01 1942-08-02 Commanding Officer 6th Independent Mixed Brigade
1942-08-02 1943-10-01 Commanding Officer Infantry, Group 2nd Division
1943-10-01 1944-01-10 Attached to Eastern Army District
1944-01-10 1944-07-14 Commanding Officer 42nd Defence Unit
1944-07-14 1945-09-XX General Officer Commanding 108th Division [Manchuria]