The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hiroto Kimura

Kimura, Hiroto

Lieutenant-General

* 15th of September 1888

† 23rd of April 1978

(木村弘人)

(きむら ひろと)

Promotions

1932-08-08 Colonel
1937-08-02 Major-General
1939-10-02 Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-08-08 1934-01-18 Head of Chigusa Equipment Factory, Nagoya Army Arsenal
1934-01-18 1935-03-15 Chief of Ordnance Section, Kwantung Army
1935-03-15 1936-03-07 Chief of Manufacturing Section, Nagoya Army Arsenal
1936-03-07 1938-07-15 Chief of Technical Section, Army Arsenal
1938-07-15 1940-04-01 Head of Nagoya Army Arsenal
1940-04-01 1944-03-01 Head of Osaka Army Arsenal
1944-03-01 1944-03-02 In reserve
1944-03-02 Retired