The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yasushi Sakai

Sakai, Yasushi

Lieutenant-General

* 11th of March 1892

† 1st of August 1986

(酒井 康)

(さかい やすし)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1941-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-12-20 1935-03-15 Attached to the General Staff
1935-03-15 1937-08-02 Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
1937-08-02 1938-07-15 Commanding Officer 1st Field Artillery Regiment
1938-07-15 1938-12-19 Instructor at the War College
1938-12-19 1939-10-02 Chief of the Research Section, War College
1939-10-02 1940-09-07 Commanding Officer 6th Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
1940-09-07 1941-03-01 Commanding Officer 1st Independent Artillery Group
1941-03-01 1941-11-21 Chief of Planning Section, Army Ordnance Headquarters
1941-11-21 1942-12-01 General Officer Commanding 56th Depot Division
1942-12-01 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 17th Division [China - Solomon Islands - New Britain]
1948-08-XX Retired
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