The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masao Watanabe

Watanabe

Masao, Lieutenant-General

(1888 – 1950)

(渡辺正夫)

1928
- 1933
Instructor of the Army Field Artillery School
1933
- 1936
Commanding Officer 10th Field Artillery Regiment
1936
- 1937
Chief of Staff 14th Division
1937
- 1938
Chief of Staff Central Defence Army
1938
- 1939
Head of General Affairs Bureau, Army Armaments Factory
1939
- 1940
Head of Main Army Armaments Factory
1940
- 1980
Attached to Army Aeronautical Research Institute
1940
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 56th Division
1942
- 1944
Commandant of the Army School of Science
1944
General Officer Commanding 32nd Army, Ryukyu Islands
1944
Attached to the General Staff
1944
In reserve
1944
Retired
1945
Recalled
1945
General Officer Commanding Osaka Divisional District