The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Koji Sakai

Sakai

Koji, Lieutenant-General

(1885 – 1973)

(酒井鎬次)

1925
- 1926
Attached to 2nd Imperial Guards Regiment
1926
- 1927
Attached to the General Staff
1927
- 1929
Member of the Japanese Army Delegation to the League of Nations
1929
- 1931
Commanding Officer 22nd Regiment
1931
- 1934
Instructor at the War College
1934
Director of the Research Department, War College
1934
- 1936
Director of the Military Academy
1936
- 1937
Commanding Officer 24th Brigade
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
1938
- 1939
General Officer Commanding 7th Depot Division
1939
General Officer Commanding 109th Division
1939
- 1940
Attached to the General Staff
1940
Retired
1943
Recalled
1943
- 1944
Attached to the General Staff
1944
Retired