The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoji Wachi

Wachi

Yoji, Lieutenant-General

(1893 – 1978)

(和知鷹二)

(Wachi Takaji)

1934
- 1935
Attached to the General Staff
1935
- 1936
Head of Peking Special Agency, China
1936
- 1937
Attached to China Garrison Army Staff
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer 44th Regiment, China
1938
Attached to Taiwan Army District Headquarter
1938
Attached to the General Staff
1938
- 1939
Attached to Imperial Headquarters
1939
Attached to 21st Army & Central China Expeditionary Army
1939
- 1940
Attached to China Expeditionary Army
1940
- 1941
Attached to the General Staff
1941
- 1942
Chief of Staff Taiwan Army
1942
- 1944
Chief of Staff 14th Army, Philippines
1944
Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army
1944
- 1945
Chief of Staff 35th Army, Philippines
1945
Attached to Southern Army
1945
Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army
1945
Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai) Hiroshima
1945
Retired
1946
- 1948
Arrested as suspected war criminal
1948
Condemned to 6 years imprisonment as a war criminal
1950
Released