The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yasushi Sakai

Sakai

Yasushi, Lieutenant-General

(1892 – 1986)

(酒井 康)

1933
- 1935
Attached to the General Staff
1935
- 1937
Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer 1st Field Artillery Regiment
1938
Instructor at the War College
1938
- 1939
Director of the Research Department, War College
1939
- 1940
Commanding Officer 6th Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
1940
- 1941
Commanding Officer 1st Independent Artillery Group
1941
Head of General Affairs Bureau, Army Ordnance Headquarters
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 56th Depot Division
1942
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 17th Division, China-Solomon Islands-New Britain
1948
Retired
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