The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kitsuju Ayabe

Ayabe, Kitsuju

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of April 1894

† 14th of February 1980

(綾部橘樹)

(あやべ きつじゅ)

Promotions

1940-08-13 Major-General
1943-10-29 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-03-01 1937-10-30 Senior Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
1935-08-01 1937-10-30 Senior Strategy Officer, Kwantung Army
1937-08-10 1937-10-30 Chief of Research Section, Kwantung Army
1937-10-30 1939-03-09 Chief of 1st Section (Organization & Mobilization), 1st Bureau,General Staff
1939-03-09 1940-03-09 Commanding Officer 25th Cavalry Regiment [China]
1940-03-09 1940-08-01 Senior Staff Officer, 3rd Army
1940-08-01 1940-10-09 Deputy Chief of Staff, 3rd Army [Manchuria]
1940-12-09 1940-12-XX Attached to the General Staff
1940-12-XX 1941-07-XX Member of the Japanese Military Mission to Berlin & Rome
1941-04-01 1941-07-07 Head of 4th Section, General Staff
1941-07-07 1942-07-01 Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1942-07-01 1942-12-07 Chief of Staff, 1st Area Army [Manchuria]
1942-12-07 1943-10-15 Head of 1st Section, General Staff
1943-10-15 1944-03-22 Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1944-04-XX 1944-06-27 Attached to 7th Area Army Headquarters
1944-06-27 1945-09-XX Chief of Staff, 7th Area Army [Singapore]
1946-12-XX Retired