The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Nobuyoshi Obata

Obata

Nobuyoshi, Major-General

(1897 – 1976)

(小畑信良)

1937
- 1938
Attached to 10th Army Staff
1938
- 1940
Instructor at the War College
1940
- 1941
Commanding Officer Transport Regiment Imperial Guards Division, Malaya-Sumatra
1941
Attached to Imperial Headquarters Staff
1941
Instructor at the War College
1941
- 1942
Chief of 2nd Section Southern Army
1942
- 1943
Chief of Staff Imperial Guards Division
1943
Chief of Staff 15th Army, Burma
1943
- 1944
Head of Harbin Special Intelligence Agency, Manchuria
1944
- 1945
Chief of Staff Kwantung Defence Army, Manchuria
1945
Chief of Staff 44th Army, Manchuria
1945
- 1956
Prisoner of War, Soviet Union