The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Okabe
Naosaburo, General
(1887 – 1946)
(岡部直三郎)
1928
- 1930
Instructor at the War College
1930
- 1931
Commanding Officer 1st Field Artillery Regiment
1931
- 1932
Attached to the Artillery Inspectorate
1932
Senior Staff Officer Shanghai Expeditionary Force, China
1932
- 1934
Chief of 8th Section (Training), 4th Bureau, General Staff
1934
- 1935
Director of Research Department, War College
1935
- 1937
Director of the War College
1937
- 1938
Head of General Affairs Bureau, Technical Research Headquarters
1937
- 1938
Chief of Staff Northern China Area Army
1938
- 1939
General Officer Commanding 1st Division, Manchuria
1939
- 1940
General Officer Commanding Mongolia Garrison Army
1940
Attached to the General Staff
1940
- 1942
Head of Technical Headquarters
1942
- 1943
Member of the Supreme War Council
1942
- 1943
Commandant of the War College
1943
- 1944
Commander in Chief 3rd Area Army
1944
Commander in Chief Northern China Area Army
1944
- 1945
Commander in Chief 6th Area Army, China
1946
Died of illness in Shanghai prison