The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Genzo Yanagida

Yanagida

Genzo, Lieutenant-General

(1890 – 1952)

(柳田元三)

1936
- 1937
Attaced to Imperial Guards Division Staff
1937
- 1938
Chief of Recruiting Section, Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
1938
- 1939
Commanding Officer 1st Regiment
1939
- 1940
Vice Chief of Staff 11th Army
1940
- 1941
Head of Harbin Special Agency, Manchuria
1940
- 1943
Assistant Chief of Intelligence Kwantung Army
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 33rd Division, Burma
1944
Attached to the General Staff
1944
Retired
1944
Recalled
1944
- 1945
Commandant of Port Arthur (Ryojun) Fortress
1945
Commanding Officer Kwantung Defence Command
1945
- 1947
Prisoner of War, Soviet union
1947
Died in a Prisoner of War Camp, Soviet Union