The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shigenori Kuroda

Kuroda, Shigenori

Lieutenant-General

* 25th of October 1887

† 30th of April 1954

(黒田重徳)

(くろだ しげのり)

Promotions

1928-08-10 Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-08-08 Colonel
1937-03-01 Major-General
1939-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-08-08 1933-08-01 Commanding Officer 59th Infantry Regiment
1933-08-01 1935-08-01 Chief of Recruiting Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1935-08-01 1937-03-01 Military Attaché to India
1937-10-05 1938-11-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Group 26th Division
1938-11-01 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 4th Independent Garrison Unit
1939-08-01 1941-06-30 General Officer Commanding 26th Division
1941-07-01 1942-07-01 Director-General, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1942-07-01 1943-05-19 Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1943-05-19 1944-07-28 General Officer Commanding 14th Army [Philippines]
1944-07-28 1944-09-26 Commander in Chief 14th Area Army [Philippines]
1945-12-03 Retired
1946-09-XX 1949-07-XX Arrested
1949-07-XX Condemned to life imprison as war criminal
1952-02-XX Released
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