The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshitsugu Tatekawa

Tatekawa, Yoshitsugu

Lieutenant-General

* 3rd of October 1880

† 9th of September 1945

(建川美次)

(たてかわ よしつぐ)

Promotions

1923-08-06 Colonel
1928-03-08 Major-General
1932-08-08 Lieutenant-General

Service

1920-07-16 1922-12-01 Member of the Japanese Military Delegation to the League of Nations
1922-12-01 1923-02-17 Attached to 1st Cavalry Regiment
1923-02-17 1924-12-15 Commanding Officer 5th Cavalry Regiment
1924-12-15 1928-03-08 Chief of 4th Section (European & American Intelligence), 2nd Section, General Staff
1928-03-08 1929-08-01 Military Attaché to China
1929-08-01 1931-08-01 Head of 2nd Section, General Staff
1931-08-01 1931-12-12 Head of 1st Section, General Staff
1931-12-12 1932-02-04 Member of the Japanese Delegation to the Geneva Disarmament Conference
1932-02-04 1932-07-XX Attached to the General Staff
1932-07-XX 1933-03-18 Permanent Representative of the Japanese Army to the League of Nations
1933-03-28 1934-06-28 General Officer Commanding 10th Depot Division
1934-06-28 1935-12-02 General Officer Commanding 10th Division
1935-12-01 1936-08-01 General Officer Commanding 4th Division
1936-08-01 Retired
1940-09-14 1942-03-XX Ambassador to Soviet Union
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous