The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Issaku Nishihara

Nishihara, Issaku

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of April 1893

† 23rd of January 1945

(西原一策)

(にしはら いっさく)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-09-XX 1933-08-XX Instructor at the War College
1933-12-XX 1934-09-XX Member of the Japanese Military Mission at the League of Nations
1935-03-15 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Regiment
1937-03-01 1937-08-22 Chief of Military History Branch, 4th Section, General Staff
1937-03-01 1937-08-22 Chief of Strategy & Tactics Branch, 4th Section, General Staff
1937-08-22 1937-11-29 Attached to Shanghai Expeditionary Army
1937-11-29 1938-03-01 Attached to Central China Area Army
1938-03-01 1939-12-01 Instructor at the War College
1939-12-01 1940-12-02 Executive Officer, War College
1940-06-24 1940-12-02 Leader of the Japanese Observation Delegation to French Indo-China
1940-12-02 1941-10-01 Commandant of the Army Cavalry School
1941-10-01 1942-12-01 General Officer Commanding Cavalry Group
1942-12-01 1944-01-07 General Officer Commanding 3rd Tank Division
1944-01-07 1945-01-23 Head of Army Armour Headquarters
1945-01-23 Died of Illness