The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Jōtarō Watanabe

Watanabe, Jōtarō

General

* 16th of April 1874

† 26th of February 1936

(渡辺錠太郎)

(わたなべ じょうたろう)

Promotions

1913-01-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-07-14 Colonel
1920-08-10 Major-General
1925-05-01 Lieutenant-General
1931-08-01 General

Service

1915-02-15 1916-05-02 Attached to 3rd Infantry Regiment
1916-05-02 1917-10-12 Chief of 10th Section (Foreign Military History), 4th Section, General Staff
1917-10-12 1919-09-XX Military Attaché to The Netherlands
1919-09-XX 1920-08-10 Attached to the General Staff
1920-09-10 1922-06-26 Commanding Officer 29th Infantry Brigade
1922-06-26 1925-05-01 Head of 4th Section, General Staff
1923-08-06 1925-05-01 Commandant of the War College
1926-03-02 1929-03-14 General Officer Commanding 7th Division
1929-03-14 1930-06-02 Head of Army Aviation Headquarters
1930-06-03 1931-08-01 Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District
1931-08-01 1933-03-18 Head of Army Aviation Headquarters
1931-08-01 1936-02-26 Member of the Supreme War Council
1935-07-16 1936-02-26 Inspector-General of Military Training
1936-02-26 Assassinated
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