The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tsunoru Yamamoto

Yamamoto, Tsunoru

Lieutenant-General

* 10th of May 1892

† 27th of October 1963

(山本 募)

(やまもと つのる)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1942-08-01 Major-General
1945-04-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-10-20 1939-04-04 Attached to Taiwain Army District
1939-04-04 1939-09-12 Resident Officer in Shantou [China]
1939-09-12 1940-08-01 Attached to China Expeditionary Army Headquarters
1940-08-01 1942-04-02 Commanding Officer 3rd China Garrison Regiment
1942-04-14 1943-03-15 Chief of Staff, 68th Division
1943-03-15 1944-11-22 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 33rd Division [Burma]
1944-11-22 1945-03-09 Commanding Officer 72nd Independent Mixed Brigade [Burma]
1945-03-09 1945-04-30 Attached to the General Staff
1945-04-30 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 214th Division