The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hikosaburō Hata

Hata, Hikosaburō

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of October 1890

† 20th of March 1959

(秦 彦三郎)

(はた ひこさぶろう)

Promotions

1936-03-07 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-12-XX 1933-03-XX Attached to the General Staff
1933-03-XX 1934-03-05 Chief of Soviet Branch, 4th Section (European & American Intelligence), 2nd Section, General Staff
1934-03-05 1936-03-07 Military Attaché to Soviet Union
1936-03-07 1937-08-02 Chief of Press Office, Ministry of War
1937-08-02 1938-07-15 Commanding Officer 57th Infantry Regiment
1938-07-15 1940-03-09 Chief of Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria]
1940-03-09 1941-05-09 Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1941-05-09 1941-07-23 Attached to North China Area Army
1941-07-23 1942-10-01 Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1942-10-08 1943-03-25 General Officer Commanding 34th Division
1943-04-08 1944-02-21 Vice Chief of the General Staff
1943-04-08 1944-02-21 Inspector of Supplies
1944-03-22 1944-08-03 Commandant of the War College
1945-04-07 1945-08-11 Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
1945-09-XX 1956-12-26 Prisoner of War [Soviet Union]
1956-12-26 Released