The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Toshinari Maeda

Maeda, Toshinari

Lieutenant-General

* 5th of June 1885

† 5th of September 1942

(前田利為)

(まえだ としなり)

Promotions

1928-08-10 Colonel
1933-03-18 Major-General
1936-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1924-08-10 1927-07-26 Instructor at the War College
1927-07-26 1930-06-03 Military Attaché to Great Britain
1930-06-03 1930-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1930-08-01 1931-08-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Imperial Guards Regiment
1931-08-01 1933-03-18 Chief of 9th Military History, 4th Section, General Staff
1933-03-18 1933-08-01 Instructor at War College
1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade
1935-03-15 1936-08-01 Head of 4th Section, General Staff
1936-01-01 1937-08-02 Commandant of the War College
1937-08-02 1938-12-10 General Officer Commanding 8th Division
1938-12-10 1939-01-24 Attached to the General Staff
1939-01-24 Retired
1942-04-11 Recalled
1942-04-11 1942-09-05 General Officer Commanding Borneo Defence Army
1942-09-05 Killed in an air crash
Picture source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Maeda_Toshinari.jpg