The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Yoshikata Kawane

Kawane, Yoshikata

Major-General

* 29th of July 1888

† 12th of February 1949

(河根良賢)

(かわね よしかた)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1941-03-01 Major-General

Service

1936-08-01 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Transport Regiment
1939-08-01 1941-07-28 Commandant of Kurume Army Reserve Officers' Cadet School
1941-08-08 1942-08-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Field Transportation Command
1942-08-01 1945-09-02 Commanding Officer Northern China Field Automobile Depot
1945-09-02 1949-02-12 Prisoner of War [China]
1949-02-12 Executed following an attempted escape [China]