The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Umezu, Yoshijiro
General
* 4th of January 1882
† 8th of January 1949
(梅津美治郎)
(うめず よしじろう)
Promotions
| 1924-12-15 | Colonel |
| 1930-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1934-08-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1940-08-01 | General |
Service
| 1923-03-07 | – | 1924-12-15 | Instructor at the War College |
| 1924-12-15 | – | 1926-12-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Regiment |
| 1926-12-01 | – | 1928-08-10 | Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Section, General Staff |
| 1928-08-10 | – | 1930-08-01 | Chief of Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1930-08-01 | – | 1931-08-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade |
| 1931-08-01 | – | 1933-08-01 | Head of General Military Affairs Section, General Staff |
| 1934-03-05 | – | 1935-08-01 | General Officer Commanding China Garrison Army |
| 1935-08-01 | – | 1936-03-23 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Division |
| 1936-03-23 | – | 1938-05-30 | Vice Minister of War |
| 1936-04-22 | – | 1936-08-01 | Head of the Army Armaments Factory |
| 1938-07-30 | – | 1939-09-07 | General Officer Commanding 1st Army [China] |
| 1939-09-07 | – | 1944-07-18 | Commander in Chief Kwantung Army |
| 1944-07-18 | – | 1945-10-20 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1945-09-23 | – | 1945-10-01 | Commander in Chief 1st General Army |
| 1945-10-15 | – | 1945-11-30 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1945-11-30 | Retired | ||
| 1946-04-29 | – | 1948-11-12 | Arrested and tried as A class war criminal |
| 1948-11-12 | Condemned to life imprisonment as war criminal | ||
| 1949-01-08 | Died in prison |
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