The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshihito Masai

Masai, Yoshihito

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of May 1892

† 5th of May 1971

(正井義人)

(まさい よしひと)

Promotions

1938-03-01 Colonel
1941-08-25 Major-General
1941-10-26 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-08-12 1939-08-01 Senior Staff Officer, Artillery, Kwantung Army
1939-08-01 1940-08-12 Commanding Officer 2nd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
1940-08-12 1942-06-26 Commanding Officer 24th Artillery Group
1942-06-26 1944-08-08 Commanding Officer Artillery, Western Army District
1944-08-08 1945-01-20 Commandant of Shimonoseki Fortress
1945-01-20 1945-09-XX General Officer Commanding 121st Division