The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tasuku Okada

Okada, Tasuku

Lieutenant-General

* 14th of April 1890

† 17th of September 1949

(岡田 資)

(おかだ たすく)

Promotions

1935-03-15 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1941-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Staff Officer, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1933-08-XX 1935-03-15 Instructor at the War College
1935-03-15 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer 80th Infantry Regiment
1937-03-01 1938-07-15 Chief of Staff, 4th Division
1938-07-15 1939-10-14 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade
1939-10-14 1940-09-24 Commandant of the Army Tank School
1940-09-24 1942-09-20 Commanding Officer Sagami Army Arsenal
1942-09-20 1943-12-27 General Officer Commanding 2nd Tank Division
1943-12-27 1945-02-04 Deputy Chief of Tokai Munitions Administration Section, Ministry of Munitions
1943-12-27 1945-02-01 Comptroller, Army Aviation Headquarters
1945-02-01 1945-09-02 Commander in Chief 13th Area Army
1945-02-01 1945-11-30 General Officer Commanding Tokai Army District
1945-12-01 Retired
1946-09-XX 1949-09-17 Arrested as a B class war criminal
1949-09-17 Condemned to death an executed
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