The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Tamenori Satō

Satō, Tamenori

Major-General

* 1st of January 1894

† 6th of April 1946

(佐藤為徳)

(さとう ためのり)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1943-03-01 Major-General

Service

1938-07-15 1940-03-09 Commanding Officer 73rd Infantry Regiment
1940-03-09 1941-03-01 Senior Adjutant, Kwantung Army
1941-03-01 1943-03-01 Attached to 53rd Division
1943-03-01 1944-02-14 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 15th Division
1944-02-14 1945-05-30 Commanding Officer 37th Independent Mixed Brigade [Nicobar Islands]
1945-05-31 1945-09-02 Commanding Officer 35th Independent Mixed Brigade
1946-XX-XX Condemned to death as a war criminal
1946-04-06 Executed by hanging