The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shigeharu Yagishita

Yagishita, Shigeharu

Lieutenant-General

* 3rd of November 1886

† 1958

(柳下重治)

(やなぎした しげはる)

Promotions

1926-08-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-08-01 Colonel
1936-03-07 Major-General
1939-03-09 Lieutenant-General

Service

1927-01-28 1928-03-08 Attached to 78th Infantry Regiment
1928-03-08 1929-09-14 Staff Officer, Imperial Guards Division
1929-09-14 1931-08-01 Attached to Army Technical Headquarters
1931-08-01 1933-08-01 Attached to 16th Division
1933-08-01 1934-08-01 Commanding Officer 14th Infantry Regiment
1934-08-01 1936-03-07 Chief of Staff, 19th Division
1936-03-07 1937-08-02 Commanding Officer 10th Infantry Brigade
1937-08-02 1938-08-13 Head of General Affairs Bureau, Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters
1938-08-13 1939-10-02 Commanding Officer 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade
1939-10-02 1939-12-01 Attached to the General Staff
1939-12-01 1939-12-28 In reserve
1939-12-28 Retired