The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hiroshi Takeuchi

Takeuchi, Hiroshi

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of September 1889

† 18th of July 1952

(竹内 寛)

(たけうち ひろし)

Promotions

1933-12-20 Colonel
1937-11-01 Major-General
1940-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Instructor at the Military Academy
1935-03-15 1936-08-01 Commanding Officer Cadets, Military Academy
1936-08-01 1937-08-14 Commanding Officer 49th Infantry Regiment
1937-08-14 1938-03-01 Commandant of Tsugaru Fortress
1938-03-01 1938-12-26 Instructor at the War College
1938-12-26 1940-03-09 Head of General Affairs Bureau, Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters
1940-03-09 1941-04-01 Head of Military Police (Kempeitai), Kwantung Army
1941-04-01 1942-12-01 General Officer Commanding 55th Division [Thailand - Burma]
1942-12-01 1943-09-02 Attached to the General Staff
1943-09-02 Retired