The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hiroshi Ōshima

Ōshima, Hiroshi

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of April 1886

† 6th of June 1975

(大島 浩)

(おおしま ひろし)

Promotions

1930-08-01 Colonel
1935-03-15 Major-General
1938-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1928-08-10 1930-08-01 Attached to the Staff of the Inspector of Artillery
1930-08-10 1931-08-10 Commanding Officer 10th Field Artillery Regiment
1931-08-01 1934-03-05 Chief of 3rd Section (Defence), 1st Section, General Staff
1934-03-05 1938-10-08 Military Attaché to Germany
1938-10-08 1945-05-XX Ambassador to Germany
1945-05-XX 1948-11-XX Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948-11-XX Condemned to life imprisonment as an A war criminal
1955-12-XX Released