The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Akira Arima

Arima, Akira

Lieutenant-General

* 14th of December 1896

† 13th of March 1945

(有馬 徴)

(ありま あきら)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-03-01 Major-General
1945-03-13 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1939-08-01 1940-03-09 Head of Ammunition Factory, Osaka Army Arsenal
1940-03-09 1940-08-01 Chief Inspector, Ammunition Factory, Osaka Army Arsenal
1941-03-01 1942-10-15 Chief of Technology Branch, Army Ordnance Headquarters
1943-07-02 1943-12-27 Head of Harima Factory, Osaka Army Arsenal
1943-12-27 1945-02-22 Head of Nagoya Army Arsenal
1945-02-22 1945-03-13 Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters
1945-03-13 Killed by US bombing