The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kenzō Kitano

Kitano, Kenzō

Lieutenant-General

* 24th of August 1889

† 25th of July 1960

(北野憲造)

(きたの けんぞう)

Promotions

1933-08-01 Colonel
1937-08-02 Major-General
1939-10-02 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Commanding Officer Cadets, Military Academy
1935-03-15 1937-08-02 Commanding Officer 38th Infantry Regiment
1937-08-02 1938-03-01 Commanding Officer Hunchun Garrison [Manchuria]
1938-03-01 1939-09-07 Chief of Staff, Chosen Army [Korea]
1939-09-07 1940-07-22 General Officer Commanding Military Police (Kempeitai), China
1940-07-22 1942-07-18 General Officer Commanding 4th Division [China - Manchuria - Philippines]
1942-07-18 1943-10-15 Commandant of the Non-commissioned Officers' School
1943-10-15 1945-03-01 General Officer Commanding 19th Army [Moluccas]
1945-03-19 1945-09-23 Commandant of the Military Academy
1945-09-23 1945-10-15 Commander in Chief 12th Area Army
1945-09-23 1945-11-30 Commander in Chief Eastern Army District
1945-12-XX 1946-03-XX Head of Eastern Demobilization Bureau
1946-03-XX Retired