The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Michitake Yamaoka

Yamaoka, Michitake

Major-General

* 1st of October 1897

† 25th of December 1959

(山岡道武)

(やまおか みちたけ)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-03-01 Major-General

Service

1938-03-01 1939-04-20 Chief of Intelligence Branch, Kwantung Army
1939-04-20 1940-03-09 Chief of 5th Section (Russian Intelligence), 2nd Section, General Staff
1940-03-09 1942-03-02 Military Attaché to the Soviet Union
1942-04-24 1943-03-01 Chief of Research Section, Army Infantry School
1943-03-01 1944-07-14 Attached to the Army Infantry School
1944-07-14 1944-12-16 Commanding Officer 65th Independent Mixed Brigade
1944-12-16 1945-09-XX Chief of Staff, 1st Army