The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Naruhikōu Higashikuni

Higashikuni, Naruhikōu

General

* 3rd of December 1887

† 20th of July 1990

(東久邇宮稔彦王)

(ひがしくにのみや なるひこおう)

(Higashikuni Nomiya Naruhikōu)

Promotions

1925-08-07 Colonel
1929-12-10 Major-General
1933-08-01 Lieutenant-General
1939-08-01 General

Service

1928-01-16 1928-08-10 Attached to 1st Division
1928-08-10 1929-12-10 Commanding Officer 3rd Imperial Guards Regiment
1929-12-10 1930-08-02 Attached to the General Staff
1930-08-02 1932-12-07 Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Brigade
1932-12-07 1933-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1933-08-01 1934-08-01 General Officer Commanding 2nd Division
1934-08-01 1935-12-01 General Officer Commanding 5th Division
1937-08-02 1938-04-30 Head of Army Aviation Headquarters
1938-04-30 1938-12-09 General Officer Commanding 2nd Army [China]
1941-12-09 1945-04-15 Commander in Chief General Defence Command
1945-04-20 1945-09-20 Member of the Supreme War Council
1945-08-17 1945-08-23 Minister of War
1945-08-17 1945-08-23 Prime Minister
Picture source: http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/JPEG_L/1142-30/s0001l.jpg