The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Umezu
Yoshijiro, General
(1882 – 1949)
(梅津美治郎)
1923
- 1924
Instructor at the War College
1924
- 1926
Commanding Officer 3rd Regiment
1926
- 1928
Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Bureau, General Staff
1928
- 1930
Chief of Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
1930
- 1931
Commanding Officer 1st Brigade
1931
- 1933
Head of General Military Affairs Bureau, General Staff
1934
- 1935
General Officer Commanding China Garrison Army
1935
- 1936
General Officer Commanding 2nd Division
1936
- 1938
Vice-Minister of War
1936
Director of the Army Armaments Factory
1938
- 1939
General Officer Commanding 1st Army, China
1939
- 1944
Commander in Chief Kwantung Army, Manchuria
1944
- 1945
Chief General Staff
1945
Commander in Chief 1st General Army
1945
Member of the Supreme War Council
1945
Retired
1946
- 1948
Arrested and tried as A class war criminal
1948
Condemned to life imprisonment as war criminal
1949
Died in prison
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