The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kaoru Takeda

Takeda, Kaoru

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of February 1892

† 16th of September 1959

(武田 馨)

(たけだ かおる)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1942-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-04-06 1937-03-01 Staff Officer, 12th Depot Division
1937-03-01 1938-07-15 Commanding Officer 5th Field Artillery Regiment
1938-07-15 1939-08-01 Chief of Staff, 8th Division
1939-08-01 1940-12-02 Commanding Officer Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Kwantung Army
1940-12-02 1942-05-04 Commandant of the Army Air Defence School
1942-04-05 1943-03-01 Commanding Officer Eastern Air Defence Brigade
1943-03-01 1944-04-27 Attached to the Artillery Inspectorate
1944-04-27 1945-02-20 General Officer Commanding 53rd Division [Burma]
1945-02-20 1945-03-19 Attached to the Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1945-03-09 1945-09-08 Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Artillery