The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Yoshinaga Katao

Katao, Yoshinaga

Major-General

* 5th of June 1901

† 28th of July 1945

(加藤芳寿)

(かとう よしなが)

Promotions

1943-03-01 Colonel
1945-07-27 Major-General

Service

1936-08-01 1939-04-27 Military Attaché to Finland
1938-12-10 1939-04-27 Military Attaché to Sweden
1939-04-27 1940-08-01 Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
1940-08-01 1941-07-10 Senior Staff Officer, Defence Planning Section, Military Manpower Bureau, Ministry of War
1941-07-10 1945-04-06 Security Chief, General Staff
1942-08-13 1943-09-11 Chief of 2nd Branch, Army Armour Headquarters
1943-09-11 1945-07-28 Chief of Staff, 26th Division
1945-07-28 Killed in Action