The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshimi Nishida

Nishida, Yoshimi

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of March 1892

† 24th of February 1944

(西田祥実)

(にしだ よしみ)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1942-08-01 Major-General
1944-02-24 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1938-02-18 1939-01-31 Attached to Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-01-31 1939-03-25 Commanding Officer 17th Depot Infantry Regiment
1939-03-25 1940-12-02 Commanding Officer 225th Infantry Regiment
1940-12-02 1941-09-19 Commanding Officer Non-commissioned Infantry Officer Candidates, Kwantung Army
1941-09-19 1942-12-01 Commanding Officer Kyoto Regimental District
1942-12-01 1943-11-14 Commanding Officer 3rd Independent Garrison Unit
1943-11-14 1944-02-24 Commanding Officer 1st Amphiboius Brigade
1944-02-24 Killed in Action [Meriren Island]