The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Eiichi Okabe

Okabe, Eiichi

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of July 1897

† 30th of September 1944

(岡部英一)

(おかべ えいいち)

Promotions

1940-08-01 Colonel
1944-08-01 Major-General
1944-09-30 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1939-08-01 1940-03-09 Staff Officer, Mongolia Garrison Army
1940-03-09 1941-04-01 Commanding Officer 16th Cavalry Regiment
1941-04-01 1944-09-30 Chief of Staff, 29th Division
1944-09-30 Killed in Action