The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tatsumi Kusaba

Kusaba

Tatsumi, Lieutenant-General

(1888 – 1946)

(草場辰巳)

1931
- 1933
Chief of 6th Section (Transport), 3rd Bureau, General Staff
1933
- 1935
Commanding Officer 11th Regiment
1935
- 1937
Adviser on Transportation to Manchuko
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer 19th Brigade
1938
- 1939
General Officer Commanding 2nd Railroad Command
1939
- 1940
General Officer Commanding Kwantung Army Railroad Command
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding 52nd Division
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding Kwantung Defence Army, Manchuria
1942
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 4th Army
1944
Attached to the General Staff
1944
In reserve
1944
Retired
1944
Recalled
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding Mainland Railroad Command
1945
- 1946
Prisoner of War, Soviet Union
1946
Commited suicide in prison Tokyo while awaiting trail as a war criminal