The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yasuyuki Okamoto

Okamoto, Yasuyuki

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of October 1887

† 12th of December 1946

(岡本保之)

(おかもと やすゆき)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1942-04-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-08-01 1939-03-09 Commanding Officer 13th Infantry Regiment
1939-03-09 1940-08-01 Commandant of Morioka Army Reserve Officer School
1940-08-01 1942-04-01 Commanding Officer 1st Border Defence Unit
1942-04-01 1943-02-23 General Officer Commanding 51st Depot Division
1943-02-28 1943-10-01 General Officer Commanding 36th Division
1943-10-01 1944-01-17 Attached to the General staff
1944-01-07 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 10th Division [Philippines]