The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Masataka Yamawaki

Yamawaki, Masataka

General

* 2nd of March 1886

† 21st of April 1974

(山脇正隆)

(やまわき まさたか)

Promotions

1929-08-01 Colonel
1934-08-01 Major-General
1937-11-01 Lieutenant-General
1944-09-22 General

Service

1929-08-01 –1931-08-01 Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Section, General Staff
1931-08-01 –1932-08-08 Commanding Officer 22nd Infantry Regiment
1932-08-08 –1934-05-03 Chief of 1st Branch, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1934-03-05 –1935-12-02 Military Attaché to Poland
1935-12-02 –1938-07-15 Head of Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1938-07-17 –1939-01-31 Director-General, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1938-12-10 –1939-10-14 Vice Minister of War
1938-12-29 –1939-01-31 Acting Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1939-10-14 –1940-09-28 General Officer Commanding 3rd Division [China]
1940-09-29 –1941-01-20 General Officer Commanding Mongolia Garrison Army
1941-01-20 –1941-04-10 Attached to the General Staff
1941-04-10 –1941-09-10 Commandant of the War College
1941-09-10 –1941-12-02 Attached to the General Staff
1941-12-02 –1942-09-05 In reserve
1942-09-05 –1944-09-22 General Officer Commanding Borneo Defence Army
1944-09-22 –1944-12-26 General Officer Commanding 37th Army [Borneo]
1944-12-26 –1945-05-01 Attached to the General Staff
1945-05-01 Retired
Arrested as a war criminal
1951-02-XX Acquitted and released
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