The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shozo Sakurai

Sakurai

Shozo, Lieutenant-General

(1889 – 1985)

(桜井省三)

1930
- 1934
Instructor at the War College
1934
- 1936
Commanding Officer 77th Regiment
1936
- 1937
Official Investigator, Cabinet Research Bureau
1937
Official Investigator, Cabinet Planning Board
1937
Commanding Officer 14th Harbor Facility
1937
Official Investigator, Planning Institute
1937
- 1938
Attached to 1st Naval Transport Headquarters
1938
Inspector of Central China Harbor Facilities
1938
- 1939
Commanding Officer Infantry Group 22nd Division
1939
Attached to Central China Expeditionary Army
1939
- 1941
Chief of Staff 13th Army, China
1941
- 1943
General Officer Commanding 33rd Division, China-Thailand-Burma
1943
- 1944
Head of Armored Warfare Department, Ministry of War
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 28th Army, Burma
1947
Retired