The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Yamashita
Tomoyoki, General
(1883 – 1946)
(山下奉文)
1926
- 1927
Instructor at the War College
1927
- 1929
Military Attaché to Vienna
1927
- 1929
Military Attaché to Budapest
1929
- 1930
Attached to the General Staff
1930
- 1932
Commanding Officer 3rd Regiment
1932
- 1934
Chief of Army Affairs Section, Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
1934
- 1935
Attached to the General Staff
1935
- 1936
Chief Military Research Section, Military Research Bureau, Ministry of War
1936
- 1937
Commanding Officer 40th Brigade, Korea
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer China Garrison Mixed Brigade
1938
- 1939
Chief of Staff Northern China Area Army
1939
- 1940
General Officer Commanding 4th Division, Manchuria
1940
Inspector-General of Army Aviation
1940
Head of Army Aeronautical Department, Ministry of War
1940
- 1941
Head of Japanese Military Mission to Berlin & Rome
1941
Member of the Supreme War Council
1941
General Officer Commanding Kwantung Defence Army, Manchuria
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 25th Army, Malaya-Sumatra
1942
- 1944
Commander in Chief 1st Area Army, Manchuria
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 14th Area Army, Philippines
1945
Condemned to death as war criminal
1946
Hanged
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