The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kazuo Kitagawa

Kitagawa, Kazuo

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of August 1892

† 9th of April 1956

(北川一夫)

(きたがわ かずお)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General
1944-01-14 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-09-23 1938-04-04 Chief of Staff, 9th Depot Division
1938-04-04 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 83rd Infantry Regiment
1940-08-01 1941-11-06 Commandant of Nagasaki Fortress
1941-11-06 1943-04-08 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 35th Division
1943-04-08 1945-05-10 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 56th Division
1944-05-01 1944-07-12 Commanding Officer 46th Independent Mixed Brigade
1944-07-14 1944-11-02 General Officer Commanding 66th Division
1944-11-02 1944-12-02 Attached to Western Army
1944-12-02 Retired