The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Isamu Kinoshita

Kinoshita, Isamu

Lieutenant-General

* 4th of November 1893

† 7th of July 1945

(木下 勇)

(きのした いさむ)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1943-08-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-08-01 1935-08-01 Instructor at the War College
1935-08-01 1937-08-26 Staff Officer, Cavalry Inspectorate
1937-08-26 1938-08-30 Chief of Intelligence Section, 1st Army
1938-08-30 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 15th Cavalry Regiment
1939-08-01 1941-03-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Cavalry Brigade
1941-03-01 1942-12-01 Chief of Staff, 11th Army
1942-12-01 1944-01-17 Chief of Staff, 13th Army
1943-11-07 1944-03-22 Attached to Inspectorate-General of Army Aviation
1944-03-22 1944-10-21 General Officer Commanding 4th Air Division
1944-10-21 1944-11-27 General Officer Commanding 2nd Air Division
1945-02-20 1945-06-22 General Officer Commanding 53rd Air Training Division
1945-07-07 Killed in an air crash
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