The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Masafumi Yamauchi

Yamauchi, Masafumi

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of October 1891

† 6th of August 1944

(山内正文)

(やまうち まさふみ)

Promotions

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

Service

1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Instructor at the War College
1934-11-XX 1935-01-XX Official tour to the Philippines
1935-03-15 1936-08-01 Staff Officer, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1936-08-01 1938-04-08 Staff Officer, Taiwan Army
1937-12-07 1938-02-26 Staff Officer, 5th Army Staff [China]
1938-04-08 1939-12-01 Military Attaché to USA
1939-12-01 1940-03-09 Attached to the General Staff
1940-03-09 1940-12-02 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 36th Division
1940-12-02 1941-10-15 Chief of Staff, 12th Army
1941-10-15 1942-06-02 Commanding Officer 1st Independent Garrison Unit
1942-06-02 1944-06-10 General Officer Commanding 15th Division [China - Burma]
1944-06-10 1944-08-06 Attached to the General Staff
1944-08-06 Died of illness