The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Otosaburo Yano

Yano

Otosaburo, Lieutenant-General

( – )

(矢野音三郎)

1934
Attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters
1934
- 1936
Commanding Officer 49th Regiment
1936
- 1937
Vice Chief of Staff China Garrison Army
1937
- 1938
Senior Staff Officer 1st Army, China
1938
Commanding Officer 8th Border Defence Unit
1938
- 1939
Vice Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, Manchuria
1938
- 1939
Military Attaché to Manchuko
1939
Attached to the General Staff
1939
- 1940
Commandant of Pusan (Chinhae Bay) Fortress
1940
- 1941
Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai) China Garrison Army
1941
Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai) Northern China Area Army
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 26th Division
1942
Commandant of Noncommisioned Officers' School
1942
- 1943
Attached to the Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1943
Retired