The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Saburō Kawamura

Kawamura, Saburō

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of October 1896

† 2nd of June 1947

(河村参郎)

(かわむら さぶろう)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1941-10-15 Major-General
1945-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-04-01 1938-07-15 Senior Staff Officer, Military Service Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1938-07-15 1939-12-01 Attached to North China Area Army
1939-12-01 1941-03-01 Chief of Military Service Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1941-03-01 1941-10-15 Commanding Officer 213th Infantry Regiment
1941-10-15 1942-12-05 Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Brigade
1942-12-05 1944-12-20 Chief of Staff, Indochina Garrison Army
1944-12-20 1945-06-02 Chief of Staff, 38th Army [Indochina]
1945-06-02 1945-07-05 Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters
1945-07-05 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 224th Division
1945-09-18 1945-11-30 Chief of Staff, 59th Army
1945-09-18 1945-11-30 Chief of Staff, Chugoku Army District
1946-09-XX 1947-06-26 Arrested and tried as war criminal
1947-06-22 Condemned to death and hanged as war criminal