The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Kenshichi Masuoka

Masuoka, Kenshichi

Major-General

* 20th of December 1888

† 12th of January 1964

(増岡賢七)

(ますおか けんしち)

Promotions

1937-11-01 Colonel
1938-03-01 Major-General

Service

1934-12-01 1937-03-01 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Hirosaki
1937-03-01 1938-11-10 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Taiwan
1938-11-10 1940-08-01 Head of the Police Administration Bureau, Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters
1940-08-01 1942-08-01 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Tokyo
1942-08-01 1943-07-22 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), 15th Army
1943-07-22 1943-11-24 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Burma Area Army
1943-11-24 1944-08-15 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Northern Army
1944-08-15 1944-12-26 Attached to Southern Army
1944-12-26 1945-02-01 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), 14th Army
1945-02-01 1945-09-02 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), 14th Area Army
Condemned to 10 years imprisonment as war criminal