The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hitoshi Hamada

Hamada, Hitoshi

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of January 1895

† 17th of September 1945

(浜田 平)

(はまだ ひとし)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1941-10-15 Major-General
1945-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-11-20 1938-07-15 Chief of Propaganda Section, Imperial Headquarters
1938-07-15 1939-03-09 Attached to Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-03-09 1940-08-01 Chief of 2nd Section, North China Area Army
1940-08-01 1940-10-06 Attached to 9th Division
1940-10-06 1941-10-15 Commanding Officer 16th Mountain Artillery Regiment
1941-10-15 1941-11-06 Attached to the General Staff
1941-11-06 1943-03-11 Chief of Mukden (Houten) Special Agency [Manchuria]
1943-03-11 1944-11-20 Head of Prisoner of War Information Bureau
1944-11-20 1944-12-20 Chief of Staff, Thailand Defence Army
1944-12-20 1945-07-09 Chief of Staff, 39th Army [Thailand]
1945-07-14 1945-09-02 Deputy Chief of Staff, 18th Area Army [Thailand]
1945-09-17 Arrested as war criminal but committed suicide [Thailand]
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous