The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Shigekatsu Shōda

Shōda, Shigekatsu

Major-General

* 21st of March 1888

† 14th of November 1974

(生田重勝)

(しょうだ しげかつ)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General

Service

1935-08-01 1937-03-01 Chief of Ordnance Section, 16th Division
1937-03-01 1939-09-01 Head of Tokyo Army Armaments Factory
1939-09-01 1940-08-01 Head of Central China Field Arsenal
1940-08-01 1940-12-01 Attached of Army Ordnance Headquarters
1940-12-01 1940-12-28 In reserve
1940-12-28 Retired
1945-04-01 Recalled
1945-04-01 1945-04-18 Attached to Army Fuel Headquarters
1945-04-18 1945-09-XX Attached to Kwantung Army
1945-04-18 1945-09-XX Attached to 2nd Army Fuel Factory, Army Fuel Headquarters