The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Takeshi Sakurada

Sakurada, Takeshi

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of December 1891

† 10th of August 1943

(桜田 武)

(さくらだ たけし)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonol
1941-08-01 Major-General
1942-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-03-15 1937-11-01 Attached to 5th Division Headquarters
1937-11-01 1939-08-01 Chief of Staff, 5th Division
1939-08-01 1939-11-23 Commanding Officer 1st Imperial Guards Brigade
1939-11-23 1940-09-15 Commanding Officer Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade
1940-09-15 1941-02-24 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, Indochina Expeditionary Army
1941-02-24 1941-07-13 Commanding Officer Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade
1941-07-13 1941-08-01 Commandant of Morioko Army Reserve Officer School
1941-08-01 1942-07-09 Commandant of Maebashi Army Reserve Officer School
1942-07-09 1943-08-25 General Officer Commanding Army Shipping Headquarters
1943-08-25 1943-09-10 Attached to Army Shipping Headquarters
1943-09-10 Lost at sea in the Eastern China Sea