The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Takashi Kobayashi

Kobayashi, Takashi

Lieutenant-General

* 1893

† 8th of August 1945

(小林 隆)

(こばやし たかし)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General
1945-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-08-02 1939-03-09 Senior Adjutant, Kwantung Army
1939-03-09 1940-05-20 Commanding Officer 3rd Imperial Guards Regiment
1940-05-20 1940-12-14 Commanding Officer 2nd Imperial Guards Brigade
1940-12-14 1942-12-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, Imperial Guards Division
1942-12-01 1944-10-16 Commanding Officer 6th Border Defence Unit [Manchuria]
1944-10-16 1945-08-08 Commandant of Manila Defences [Philippines]
1945-08-08 Killed in Action