The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Iwane Matsui

Matsui

Iwane, General

(1878 – 1948)

(松井石根)

1915
Attached to 22nd Regiment
1915
- 1919
Attached to the General Staff
1919
Attached to 22nd Regiment
1919
- 1921
Commanding Officer 29th Regiment
1921
- 1922
Attached to Vladistok Expeditionary Force Staff
1922
- 1924
Head of Harbin Special Intelligence Agency, Manchuria
1924
- 1925
Commanding Officer 35th Brigade
1925
- 1928
Head of 2nd Bureau, General Staff
1928
- 1929
Attached to the General Staff
1929
- 1931
General Officer Commanding 11th Division
1931
Attached to the General Staff
1931
- 1932
Member of the Japanese Delegation to Geneva Disarmament Conference
1932
- 1933
Attached to the General Staff
1933
Member of the Supreme War Council
1933
- 1934
Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District
1934
- 1935
Member of the Supreme War Council
1935
Retired
1937
Recalled
1937
Commander in Chief Shanghai Expeditionary Army, China
1937
- 1938
Commander in Chief Central China Expeditionary Army, China
1937
- 1938
Commander in Chief Central China Area Army, China
1938
Retired
1938
- 1940
State Councillor
1945
- 1948
Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948
Condemned to death and hanged as war criminal
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