The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Torashirō Kawabe

Kawabe, Torashirō

Lieutenant-General

* 25th of September 1890

† 25th of June 1960

(河辺虎四郎)

(河邉虎四郎)

(かわべ とらしろう)

Promotions

1931-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1941-08-25 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-03-11 1932-01-28 Chief of Strategy Group, Operations Section, General Staff
1932-01-28 1934-03-05 Military Attaché to Soviet Union
1934-03-05 1934-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1934-08-01 1935-08-01 Chief Strategy Officer, Kwantung Army [Manchuria]
1935-08-01 1936-03-28 Chief of Intelligence Branch, Kwantung Army [Manchuria]
1936-03-28 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer Imperial Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1937-03-01 1937-10-26 Chief of 2nd Section (War Plans), 1st Section, General Staff
1937-10-26 1937-11-01 Temporary Chief of 2nd Section (War Plans), 1st Section, General Staff
1937-11-01 1938-03-01 Chief of 2nd Section (Manoeuvres & War Plans), 1st Section, General Staff
1938-03-01 1938-07-15 Instructor at Hamamatsu Army Aviation School
1938-07-15 1938-10-08 Attached to Hamamatsu Army Aviation School
1938-10-08 1939-12-01 Military Attaché to Germany
1939-XX-XX Military Attaché to Budapest
1939-12-01 1940-03-09 Attached to the General Staff
1940-03-09 1940-09-24 Attached to Shimoshidzu Army Aviation School
1940-09-24 1941-07-31 Commanding Officer 7th Air Brigade [Manchuria - China]
1941-07-31 1941-12-01 Chief of Staff, General Defence Command
1941-12-01 1943-05-01 Chief of General Affairs Section, Army Aviation Headquarters
1941-12-01 1943-05-01 Chief of General Affairs Section, Inspectorate-General of Army Aviation
1943-05-01 1943-05-19 General Officer Commanding 2nd Air Division
1943-05-19 1944-08-08 General Officer Commanding 2nd Air Army [Manchuria]
1944-08-08 1945-04-07 Deputy Inspector-General of Army Aviation
1944-08-08 1945-04-07 Deputy Head of Army aviation Headquarters
1944-08-20 1944-12-26 Chief of General Affairs Section, Inspectorate-General of Army Aviation
1944-09-02 1944-12-26 Acting Chief of General Affairs Section, Army Aviation Headquarters
1945-04-07 1945-09-XX Vice Chief General Staff
1945-10-15 Retired
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