The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tsutomu Yamamoto

Yamamoto, Tsutomu

Lieutenant-General

* 28th of November 1890

† 8th of September 1973

(山本 務)

(やまもと つとむ)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-12-02 1939-03-09 Commanding Officer 24th Field Artillery Regiment
1939-03-09 1939-11-06 Chief of Ordnance Section, Kwantung Army
1939-11-06 1940-09-28 Commanding Officer 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
1940-09-28 1942-05-11 Commanding Officer Artillery, Kwantung Army
1942-05-11 1944-10-02 General Officer Commanding 5th Division [Malaya]
1944-10-02 1944-12-02 Attached to the General Staff
1944-12-02 Retired
1945-01-20 Recalled
1945-01-20 1945-07-05 General Officer Commanding 57th Depot Division
1945-07-05 1945-07-16 Attached to Kwantung Army
1945-07-16 1945-09-XX General Officer Commanding 138th Division