The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Yoshio Kihara

Kihara, Yoshio

Major-General

* 7th of August 1894

† 23rd of May 1975

(木原義雄)

(きはら よしお)

Promotions

1940-03-09 Colonel
1945-03-01 Major-General

Service

1939-08-01 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 13th Independent Defence Battalion
1940-08-01 1941-07-18 Commanding Officer 34th Infantry Regiment
1941-08-01 1943-03-01 Commanding Officer Foreign Cadets, Military Academy
1943-03-01 1944-12-16 Attached to Eastern Army Headquarters
1944-12-16 1945-05-23 Commanding Officer 65th Independent Mixed Brigade
1945-07-05 1945-09-XX Commanding Officer 67th Independent Mixed Brigade