The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Kuniaki Koiso

Koiso, Kuniaki

General

* 1st of April 1880

† 3rd of November 1950

(小磯国昭)

(こいそ くにあき)

Promotions

1922-02-08 Colonel
1926-12-01 Major-General
1931-08-01 Lieutenant-General
1937-11-01 General

Service

1918-08-XX –1919-04-15 Attached to 12th Division
1919-04-15 –1921-07-20 Attached to the General Staff
1921-07-20 –1923-03-17 Attached to Army Aviation Headquarters
1923-03-17 –1923-08-06 Instructor at the War College
1923-08-06 –1925-05-01 Commanding Officer 51st Infantry Regiment
1925-05-01 –1926-12-01 Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Section, General Staff
1926-12-01 –1927-07-26 Instructor at the War College
1927-07-26 –1929-08-01 Chief of General Affairs Section, Army Aviation Headquarters
1929-08-01 –1930-08-01 Head of Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1930-08-01 –1932-02-28 Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1930-08-01 –1932-02-28 Chief Secretary of the Supreme War Council
1932-02-28 –1932-08-08 Vice Minister of War
1932-08-08 –1934-03-05 Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1932-08-08 –1934-03-05 Chief of Special Duty Section, Kwantung Army
1934-03-05 –1935-12-02 General Officer Commanding 5th Division
1935-12-02 –1938-07-15 Commander in Chief Chosen Army [Korea]
1938-07-15 –1938-07-29 Attached to the General Staff
1938-07-29 Retired
1939-04-07 –1939-08-30 Minister of Overseas Affairs
1940-01-16 –1940-07-22 Minister of Overseas Affairs
1942-05-29 –1944-07-22 Governor-General of Korea
1944-07-22 –1945-XX-XX Prime Minister
1945-11-XX –1948-11-XX Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948-11-XX Condemned to life imprisonment as war criminal
1950-11-03 Died in prison
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