The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Issaku Nishihara

Nishihara

Issaku, Lieutenant-General

(1893 – 1945)

(西原一策)

1932
- 1933
Instructor at the War College
1933
- 1934
Member of the Japanese Military Mission at the League of Nations
1935
- 1937
Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Regiment
1937
Chief of 10th Section (Military History), 4th Bureau, General Staff
1937
Chief of 11th Section (Strategy & Tactics), 4th Bureau, General Staff
1937
Attached to Shanghai Expeditionary Force Staff
1937
- 1938
Attached to Central China Area Army Staff
1938
- 1939
Instructor at the War College
1939
- 1940
Director of the War College
1940
Leader of the Japanese Observation Delegation to French Indo-China
1940
- 1941
Commandant of the Cavalry School
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding Cavalry Group
1942
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 3rd Tank Division
1944
- 1945
Head of Armored Warfare Department, Ministry of War
1945
Died of Illness