The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Kimura, Heitarō
General
* 28th of September 1888
† 23rd of December 1948
(木村兵太郎)
(きむら へいたろう)
Promotions
| 1931-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1936-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1939-03-09 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1945-05-07 | General |
Service
| 1928-07-XX | – | 1929-06-XX | Attached to the Inspectorate of Artillery |
| 1929-06-XX | – | 1929-09-XX | Instructor at the Field Artillery School |
| 1929-09-XX | – | 1929-11-XX | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1929-11-XX | – | 1931-08-01 | Member of the Japanese Delegation to the London Disarmament Conference |
| 1931-08-01 | – | 1932-08-08 | Commanding Officer 22nd Artillery Regiment |
| 1932-08-08 | – | 1934-08-01 | Instructor at the Field Artillery School |
| 1932-08-08 | – | 1934-08-01 | Staff Officer, Army Technical Headquarters |
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-03-15 | Attached to the Coastal Artillery School |
| 1935-03-15 | – | 1936-08-01 | Chief of Control Branch, Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1936-08-01 | – | 1939-03-09 | Head of Ordnance Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1937-11-20 | – | 1939-03-09 | Head of Field Ordnance, Imperial Headquarters |
| 1939-03-09 | – | 1940-10-22 | General Officer Commanding 32nd Division |
| 1940-10-22 | – | 1941-04-10 | Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army |
| 1941-04-10 | – | 1943-03-11 | Vice Minister of War |
| 1943-03-11 | – | 1944-08-30 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1943-03-11 | – | 1944-08-30 | Head of Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters |
| 1944-08-30 | – | 1945-09-12 | Commander in Chief Burma Area Army |
| 1948-12-23 | Condemned to death and hanged as war criminal |
Picture source: Courtesy of the Kohima Museum