The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Nishimura
Takuma, Lieutenant-General
(1899 – 1951)
(西村琢磨)
1934
- 1935
Chief of 3rd Section (Defence), 1st Bureau, General Staff
1935
- 1936
Chief of Military Administration Section, Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
1936
- 1938
Commanding Officer 9th Regiment
1938
- 1939
Commanding Officer 1st Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
1939
- 1940
Chief of Staff Eastern Defence Army
1940
Chief of Staff Eastern Army District
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding Indochina Expeditionary Army
1941
Commanding Officer 21st Independent Mixed Brigade
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division, Malaya
1942
Retired
1944
- 1945
Governor of Sumatra
1951
Condemned to death and hanged as a war criminal