The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kaneshirō Shibayama

Shibayama, Kaneshirō

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of May 1889

† 23rd of January 1956

(柴山兼四郎)

(しばやま かねしろう)

Promotions

1936-03-07 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-08-01 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer 18th Transport Battalion
1937-03-01 1938-06-18 Chief of Military Service Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1938-06-18 1939-08-01 Chief of Tianjin Special Agency [China]
1939-08-01 1939-09-XX Attached to Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-09-XX 1940-09-XX Chief of Hankou Special Agency [China]
1940-09-XX 1940-12-02 Inspector of Transportation
1940-12-02 1941-10-15 Commandant of the Army School of Transportation
1941-10-15 1942-04-01 Inspector of Transportation
1942-04-01 1943-04-08 General Officer Commanding 26th Division
1943-04-08 1944-08-30 Chief Military Adviser of the Nanjing Government
1944-08-30 1945-07-18 Vice Minister of War
1945-05-XX 1945-07-18 Inspector of Transportation, Imperial General Headquarters
1945-07-18 1945-12-XX Attached to the General Staff
1945-12-XX Retired
1948-05-XX 1948-11-XX Arrested and tried as a war criminal
1948-11-XX Condemned to 7 years imprisonment as a war criminal
1951-08-XX Released