The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masatake Kimihira

Kimihira, Masatake

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of July 1898

† 18th of July 1944

(公平匡武)

(きみひら まさたけ)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-08-02 Major-General
1944-XX-XX Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1937-12-26 1938-02-15 Staff Officer, Central China Area Army
1938-02-15 1939-09-12 Staff Officer, Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-09-12 1940-01-10 Chief of Operations Section, China Expeditionary Army
1940-01-10 1940-08-01 Attached to 14th Division
1940-08-01 1941-09-26 Commanding Officer 20th Field Artillery Regiment
1941-09-26 1942-08-01 Senior Staff Officer, 4th Army
1942-08-01 1943-09-11 Chief of Staff, 4th Army
1943-09-11 1944-06-19 Deputy Chief of Staff, 8th Area Army
1944-06-19 1944-07-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, 31st Army [Saipan]
1944-07-XX Killed in Action