The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Nobuyuki Abe

Abe, Nobuyuki

General

* 24th of November 1875

† 7th of September 1953

(阿部信行)

(あべ のぶゆき)

Promotions

1915-02-XX Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-07-24 Colonel
1922-08-15 Major-General
1927-03-05 Lieutenant-General
1933-06-19 General

Service

1918-07-24 1920-08-10 Commanding Officer 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
1920-08-10 1921-06-03 Chief of Organisation & Mobilisation Branch, 1st Section, General Staff
1921-06-03 1923-08-06 Executive Officer, War College
1923-08-06 1926-07-28 Chief of General Affairs Section, General Staff
1926-07-28 1928-08-10 Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1926-07-28 1928-08-10 Chief Secretary of the Supreme War Council
1928-08-10 1930-06-16 Vice Minister of War
1930-06-16 1930-12-10 Minister of War
1930-12-22 1932-01-09 General Officer Commanding 4th Division
1932-01-09 1933-08-01 Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District
1933-08-01 1936-03-06 Member of the Supreme War Council
1936-03-06 1936-03-10 In reserve
1936-03-10 Retired
1939-08-30 1940-01-16 Prime Minister
1940-04-01 1940-12-07 Ambassador to Nanking China
1941-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Privy Councillor
1944-07-02 1945-09-XX Governor-General of Korea
1945-XX-XX 1948-XX-XX Arrested as a suspected as war criminal, but released
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