The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masatake Yasuoka

Yasuoka

Masatake, Lieutenant-General

(1886 – 1948)

(安岡正臣)

1930
- 1932
Commanding Officer 49th Regiment
1932
- 1935
Chief of Staff 5th Division
1935
- 1936
Comanding Officer 30th Brigade
1936
- 1938
Commandant of the Army Tank School
1938
Commanding Officer 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
1938
- 1939
Commanding Officer 1st Tank Group
1939
- 1941
General Officer Commanding 3rd Depot Division
1941
In reserve
1941
Retired
1942
- 1945
Governor of Surabaya, Indonesia
1945
- 1948
Arrested
1948
Condemned to death as a war criminal
1948
Executed