The Generals of WWII

Generals from Japan Flag for Japan
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shōjirō Iida

Iida, Shōjirō

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of August 1888

† 23rd of January 1980

(飯田祥二郎)

(いいだ しょうじろう)

Promotions

1932-08-XX Colonel
1937-03-01 Major-General
1939-08-XX Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-08-08 1934-08-01 Instructor at the Army Infantry School
1934-08-01 1935-08-01 Commanding Officer 4th Imperial Guards Regiment
1935-08-01 1937-03-01 Chief of Staff, 4th Division
1937-03-01 1938-01-27 Head of Military Administration Bureau, Ministry of War
1938-01-27 1938-11-09 Chief of Staff, 1st Army [China]
1938-11-09 1939-09-12 General Officer Commanding Taiwan Garrison
1939-09-12 1941-06-28 General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division
1941-06-28 1941-11-06 General Officer Commanding 25th Army [Indochina]
1941-11-05 1943-03-18 General Officer Commanding 15th Army [Thailand - Burma]
1943-03-18 1944-02-21 Attached to the General Defence Command
1944-02-21 1944-12-01 Commander in Chief Central Army District
1944-12-01 Retired
1945-07-25 Recalled
1945-07-27 1945-08-XX General Officer Commanding 30th Army [Manchuria]
1945-08-XX 1950-04-17 Prisoner of War [Soviet Union]
1950-04-17 Released
Picture source: http://forum.valka.cz/attachments/12801/iida.jpg