The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shizuo Sakaguchi

Sakaguchi, Shizuo

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of January 1887

† 23rd of March 1947

(坂口静夫)

(さかぐち しずお)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-09-11 Major-General
1943-06-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-08-01 1937-11-01 Commanding Officer 9th Independent Garrison Battalion
1937-11-01 1938-05-15 Attached to 16th Division Headquarters
1938-05-15 1939-09-12 Commanding Officer 109th Infantry Regiment
1939-09-12 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 12th Brigade
1941-08-01 1943-06-10 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 56th Division
1943-06-10 1944-08-22 General Officer Commanding 55th Depot Division
1944-08-22 1945-03-01 General Officer Commanding 65th Division
1945-03-01 1945-04-01 Attached to Western Army District
1945-04-01 1945-04-02 In reserve
1945-04-02 Retired
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