The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Matsui, Iwane
General
* 27th of July 1878
† 23rd of December 1948
(松井石根)
(まつい いわね)
Promotions
| 1915-08-10 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-07-24 | Colonel |
| 1923-03-17 | Major-General |
| 1927-07-26 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1933-10-20 | General |
Service
| 1915-08-10 | – | 1915-12-25 | Attached to 22nd Regiment |
| 1915-12-25 | – | 1919-02-20 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1919-02-20 | – | 1921-05-26 | Commanding Officer 39th Infantry Regiment |
| 1921-05-26 | – | 1922-11-06 | Senior Staff Officer, Vladistok Expeditionary Force |
| 1922-11-06 | – | 1924-02-04 | Chief of Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria] |
| 1924-02-04 | – | 1925-05-01 | Commanding Officer 35th Infantry Brigade |
| 1925-05-01 | – | 1928-12-21 | Head of 2nd Section, General Staff |
| 1928-12-21 | – | 1929-08-01 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1929-08-01 | – | 1931-10-01 | General Officer Commanding 11th Division |
| 1931-10-01 | – | 1931-12-09 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1931-12-09 | – | 1932-08-26 | Member of the Japanese Delegation to Geneva Disarmament Conference |
| 1932-08-26 | – | 1933-03-18 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1933-03-18 | – | 1933-08-01 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1933-08-01 | – | 1934-08-01 | Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District |
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-08-28 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1935-08-28 | Retired | ||
| 1937-08-15 | Recalled | ||
| 1937-08-15 | – | 1937-12-02 | Commander in Chief Shanghai Expeditionary Army |
| 1937-10-30 | – | 1938-02-14 | Commander in Chief Central China Expeditionary Army |
| 1937-10-30 | – | 1938-02-14 | Commander in Chief Central China Area Army |
| 1938-03-05 | Retired | ||
| 1938-07-XX | – | 1940-01-XX | State Councillor |
| 1945-09-XX | – | 1948-12-23 | Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal |
| 1948-12-23 | Condemned to death and hanged as war criminal |
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