The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shintarō Iwashita

Iwashita, Shintarō

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of December 1886

† 28th of March 1945

(岩下新太郎)

(いわした しんたろう)

Promotions

1932-08-08 Colonel
1937-08-02 Major-General
1939-10-02 Lieutenant-General

Service

1932-06-06 1933-07-20 Commanding Officer 12th Air Battalion
1933-08-01 1934-08-01 Commanding Officer Cadets, Tokorozawa Army Aviation School
1934-08-01 1936-08-01 Commanding Officer 7th Air Regiment
1936-08-01 1937-08-11 Executive Officer, Hamamatsu Army Aviation School
1937-08-11 1938-06-10 Chief of Staff, Special Air Group
1938-06-10 1938-12-10 Chief of 1st (Training) Section, Army Aviation Headquarters
1938-12-10 1940-12-02 Commandant of Kumagai Army Aviation School
1940-12-02 1941-10-15 Commandant of the Army Aviation Technical School
1941-10-15 1941-12-02 In reserve
1941-12-02 Retired