The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Otosaburō Yano

Yano, Otosaburō

Lieutenant-General

* 29th of June 1888

† 24th of November 1950

(矢野音三郎)

(やの おとさぶろう)

Promotions

1930-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-03-05 Colonel
1937-12-28 Major-General
1940-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1930-08-01 1930-12-01 Attached to 80th Infantry Regiment
1930-12-01 1931-11-28 Attending the War College
1931-11-28 1932-02-02 Attached to the Army Infantry School
1932-02-02 1934-03-05 Instructor at the Army Infantry School
1932-03-11 1934-03-05 Chief of Research Section, Army Infantry School
1934-03-05 1934-08-01 Attached to Kwantung Army
1934-08-01 1936-08-01 Commanding Officer 49th Infantry Regiment
1936-08-01 1937-08-26 Deputy Chief of Staff, China Garrison Army
1937-08-26 1938-03-01 Senior Staff Officer, 1st Army [China]
1938-03-01 1938-12-25 Commanding Officer 8th Border Garrison
1938-12-05 1939-09-07 Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1938-12-05 1939-09-07 Military Attaché to Manchukuo
1939-09-07 1939-12-01 Attached to the General Staff
1939-12-01 1940-07-22 Commandant of Pusan (Chinhae Bay) Fortress
1940-07-22 1941-06-24 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), China Garrison Army
1941-06-24 1941-06-30 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Northern China Area Army
1941-06-30 1942-04-01 General Officer Commanding 26th Division
1942-04-01 1942-07-18 Commandant of Non-commissioned Officers' School
1942-07-15 1943-08-03 Attached to the Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1943-08-03 Retired