The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tsunamasa Shidei

Shidei, Tsunamasa

Lieutenant-General

* 27th of January 1895

† 18th of August 1945

(四手井網正)

(四手井綱正)

(しでい つなまさ)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General
1943-10-28 Lieutenant-General

Service

1934-08-01 1935-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1935-08-01 1939-03-09 Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor
1939-03-09 1940-03-09 Commanding Officer 23rd Infantry Regiment
1940-03-09 1940-07-06 Instructor at the War College
1940-07-06 1940-12-02 Chief of Research Section, War College
1940-12-02 1942-12-07 Executive Officer, War College
1942-12-07 1944-10-16 Chief of Staff, 1st Area Army
1944-10-16 1945-05-23 General Officer Commanding 94th Division
1945-05-22 1945-07-29 Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army
1945-07-29 1945-08-18 Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1945-08-18 Killed in an air crash [Taiwan]
Picture source: http://www.geocities.jp/bane2161/DSC0256511.jpg