The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shinichi Tanaka

Tanaka, Shinichi

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of March 1893

† 24th of September 1976

(田中新一)

(たなか しんいち)

Promotions

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

Service

1932-04-21 1933-12-23 Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
1933-12-23 1935-03-18 Attached to the General Staff
1935-03-18 1936-03-27 Attached to 59th Infantry Regiment
1936-03-27 1938-08-01 Senior Staff Officer, Military Administration Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1936-08-01 1937-03-01 Chief of Military Administration Branch, Military Administration Bureau, Ministry of War
1937-03-01 1939-02-10 Chief of Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1939-02-12 1940-08-01 Chief of Staff, Mongolia Garrison Army
1940-08-01 1940-10-10 Attached to the General Staff
1940-10-10 1942-12-07 Head of 1st Section, General Staff
1942-12-07 1943-03-18 Attached to Southern Army Headquarters
1943-03-18 1944-09-22 General Officer Commanding 18th Division [Burma]
1944-09-22 1945-05-23 Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army
1945-05-23 1945-05-31 Attached to Northeastern Army District
1945-05-31 Seriously wounded in an air crash near Phnom-Penh [Cambodia]
1945-05-31 1945-11-XX Hospitalized
1945-11-XX Retired