The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Rensuke Isogai

Isogai, Rensuke

Lieutenant-General

* 3rd of September 1886

† 26th of April 1967

(磯谷廉介)

(いそがい れんすけ)

Promotions

1928-03-10 Colonel
1933-03-18 Major-General
1936-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1925-08-07 1928-05-16 Attached to the General Staff
1928-05-16 1928-05-XX Temporarily Attached to 6th Division
1928-05-XX 1928-08-10 Attached to 3rd Division
1928-08-10 1930-03-06 Commanding Officer 7th Infantry Regiment
1930-03-06 1938-08-01 Chief of Staff, 1st Division
1931-08-01 1932-04-01 Chief of 2nd Branch, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1932-04-11 1932-09-17 Chief of Assignments Branch, Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War
1932-09-17 1933-08-01 Attached to Ministry of War
1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Head of 2nd Section, General Staff
1935-03-15 1935-03-23 Military Attaché to China
1936-03-23 1937-03-01 Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1936-03-23 1937-03-01 Chief Secretary of the Supreme War Council
1937-03-01 1938-06-18 General Officer Commanding 10th Division [China]
1938-06-18 1939-09-07 Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1939-09-07 1939-11-15 Attached to the General Staff
1939-11-15 1939-12-01 In reserve
1939-12-01 Retired
1942-01-19 Recalled 19.01.42-16.12.44: Governor-General of Hong Kong
1944-12-16 Retired
1945-12-XX 1947-07-22 Arrested and tried as a war criminal
1947-07-22 Condemned to life imprisonment as war criminal
1952-08-XX Released
Picture source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Isogai_Rensuke.jpg