The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yasuo Karakawa

Karakawa, Yasuo

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of November 1895

† 29th of July 1977

(唐川安夫)

(からかわ やすお)

Promotions

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

Service

1938-06-18 1939-01-10 Chief of 8th Section (Propaganda Strategy), 2nd Section, General Staff
1939-03-31 1939-12-01 Military Attaché to Italy
1939-12-01 1941-03-01 Chief of 6th Section (European & American Intelligence), 2nd Section, General Staff
1941-03-01 1941-09-09 Chief of 8th Section (Propaganda Strategy), 2nd Section, General Staff
1941-09-19 1942-12-01 Chief of Staf, 13th Army
1942-12-01 1944-12-14 Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
1944-08-12 1944-09-30 Military Attaché to the Nanjing Government
1944-12-14 1945-04-23 Chief of Staff, 6th Area Army
1945-04-30 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 205th Division
1946-05-01 1946-06-15 Representative of Eastern Demobilization Inspectorate
1946-06-15 1947-02-28 Head of Eastern Demobilization Coordination Bureau