The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoneo Ōta

Ōta, Yoneo

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of October 1892

† 1st of February 1962

(太田米雄)

(おおた よねお)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1939-08-01 Major-General
1943-06-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-08-30 1938-06-22 Chief of Staff, 2nd Army Commissariat
1938-06-22 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 39th Infantry Regiment
1939-08-01 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade
1940-08-01 1942-04-01 Commandant of Ryojun (Port Arthur) Fortress
1942-04-01 1943-06-10 Commanding Officer 63rd Independent Infantry Group
1943-06-10 1944-08-22 General Officer Commanding 65th Division
1944-08-22 1944-10-07 Attached to the General Staff
1944-10-07 Retired