The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Kenji Doihara

Doihara, Kenji

General

* 8th of August 1883

† 23rd of December 1948

(土肥原賢二)

(どいはら けんじ)

Promotions

1923-08-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1927-07-26 Colonel
1932-04-11 Major-General
1936-03-07 Lieutenant-General
1941-04-28 General

Service

1922-12-12 –1926-03-02 Attached to the General Staff
1926-03-02 –1927-03-15 Attached to 2nd Infantry Regiment
1927-03-15 –1927-04-XX Attached to 3rd Infantry Regiment
1927-04-XX –1927-07-26 Official tour to China
1927-07-26 –1928-03-20 Attached to 1st Division
1928-03-20 –1929-03-16 Military Adviser to the Chinese Government
1929-03-16 –1930-12-22 Commanding Officer 30th Infantry Regiment
1930-12-22 –1931-03-XX Attached to the General Staff
1931-03-XX –1931-08-01 Official tour to China
1931-08-01 –1932-01-26 Chief of Mukden (Houten) Special Agency [Manchuria]
1932-01-26 –1932-04-11 Chief of Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria]
1932-04-11 –1933-10-16 Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Brigade
1933-10-16 –1934-03-07 Head of Houten Special Agency, Kwantung Army
1934-03-07 –1936-03-23 Attached to 12th Division
1936-03-23 –1937-03-01 General Officer Commanding 1st Depot
1937-03-01 –1938-06-18 General Officer Commanding 14th Division, China
1938-06-18 –1939-05-19 Attached to the General Staff
1938-06-18 –1939-05-19 Resident Officer in Shanghai [China]
1939-05-19 –1940-09-28 General Officer Commanding 5th Army [China]
1940-05-05 –1945-11-30 Member of the Supreme War Council
1940-09-28 –1940-10-28 Member of the Supreme War Council
1940-10-28 –1941-06-09 Commandant of the Military Academy
1941-06-09 –1943-05-01 Inspector-General of Army Aviation
1941-06-09 –1943-05-01 Head of Army Aviation Headquarters
1943-05-01 –1944-03-22 Commander in Chief Eastern Army District
1944-03-22 –1945-04-07 Commander in Chief 7th Area Army [Singapore]
1945-04-07 –1945-08-25 Inspector-General of Military Training
1945-08-24 –1945-09-23 Commander in Chief Eastern Army District
1945-08-25 –1945-09-23 Commander in Chief 12th Area Army
1945-09-14 –1945-09-23 Commander in Chief 1st General Army
1945-11-30 Retired
1948-12-23 Condemned to death and hanged as war criminal
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