The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Araki, Sadao
General
* 26th of May 1877
† 2nd of November 1966
(荒木貞夫)
(あらき さだお)
Nickname: Baron Araki
Promotions
| 1915-08-XX | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-07-24 | Colonel |
| 1923-03-17 | Major-General |
| 1927-07-26 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1933-10-20 | General |
Service
| 1915-08-XX | – | 1918-07-24 | Staff Officer, Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria] |
| 1918-07-24 | – | 1918-11-01 | Attached to the Prefecture of Kanto |
| 1918-11-01 | – | 1919-07-25 | Staff Officer, Vladivostok Expeditionary Force |
| 1919-07-27 | – | 1921-04-01 | Commanding Officer 23rd Infantry Regiment |
| 1921-04-01 | – | 1923-03-17 | Chief of 4th Section (Europe & USA), 2nd Section, General Staff |
| 1923-03-17 | – | 1924-01-09 | Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade |
| 1924-01-09 | – | 1925-05-01 | Provost Marshal |
| 1925-05-01 | – | 1928-08-10 | Head of 1st Section, General Staff |
| 1928-08-10 | – | 1929-08-01 | Commandant of the War College |
| 1929-08-01 | – | 1931-08-01 | General Officer Commanding 6th Division |
| 1931-08-01 | – | 1932-01-09 | Director-General, Inspectorate-General of Military Training |
| 1931-12-13 | – | 1934-01-23 | Minister of War |
| 1934-01-23 | – | 1936-03-10 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1936-03-10 | Retired | ||
| 1937-10-15 | – | 1938-05-26 | State Councillor |
| 1938-05-26 | – | 1939-08-30 | Minister of Education |
| 1940-01-20 | – | 1940-07-22 | State Councillor |
| 1945-11-XX | – | 1948-11-XX | Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal |
| 1948-11-XX | Sentenced to life imprisonment as war criminal | ||
| 1955-06-XX | Released on ground of health |
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