The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Michitarō Komatsubara

Komatsubara, Michitarō

Lieutenant-General

* 20th of July 1886

† 6th of October 1940

(小松原道太郎)

(こまつばら みちたろう)

Promotions

1929-08-01 Colonel
1934-08-01 Major-General
1937-11-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1925-12-XX 1926-12-10 Senior Student at the War College
1926-12-10 1927-02-22 Instructor at the War College
1927-02-22 1929-12-10 Military Attaché to Moscow
1929-12-10 1930-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1930-08-01 1932-04-11 Commanding Officer 57th Infantry Regiment
1932-04-11 1934-08-01 Chief of Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria]
1934-08-01 1934-12-26 Attached to the General Staff
1934-12-26 1936-03-07 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade
1936-03-07 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer 1st Imperial Guards Brigade
1937-03-01 1938-07-07 Commanding Officer 2nd Independent Garrison Unit
1938-07-07 1939-11-06 General Officer Commanding 23rd Division [Manchuria]
1939-11-06 1939-12-XX Attached to Kwantung Army
1939-12-XX 1940-01-XX Attached to the General Staff
1940-01-XX 1940-01-29 In Reserve
1940-01-29 Retired
1940-10-06 Committed suicide because of defeat at Khalkhin-Gol
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