The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Takehiko Yokoyama

Yokoyama, Takehiko

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of July 1892

† 11th of June 1944

(横山武彦)

(よこやま たけひこ)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-08-02 Major-General
1944-06-11 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1938-07-20 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Independent Infantry Battalion
1939-08-01 1941-03-01 Commanding Officer 231st Infantry Regiment
1941-03-01 1943-08-02 Attached to Eastern Army
1943-08-02 1944-06-11 Commanding Officer 62nd Infantry Brigade
1944-06-11 Killed in Action
Picture source: Courtesy of Tom Chan