The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Hanzō Kanaya

Kanaya, Hanzō

General

* 24th of April 1873

† 6th of June 1933

(金谷範三)

(かなや はんぞう)

Promotions

1913-08-22 Colonel
1918-06-10 Major-General
1926-08-15 Lieutenant-General
1928-08-10 General

Service

1909-12-02 –1912-11-11 Instructor at the War College
1912-11-11 –1914-08-27 Military Attaché to Austria-Hungary
1915-08-10 –1916-05-02 Commanding Officer 57th Infantry Regiment
1916-05-02 –1918-07-16 Chief of 2nd Section (Manoeuvres), 1st Section, General Staff
1918-06-10 –1919-07-25 General Officer Commanding China Occupation Force
1919-07-25 –1923-02-08 Head of 1st Section, General Staff
1923-02-08 –1923-08-15 Secretary of the Supreme War Council
1923-08-15 –1925-05-01 General Officer Commanding 18th Division
1925-05-01 –1927-03-05 Vice Chief of the General Staff
1926-03-02 –1927-03-05 Commandant of the War College
1927-03-05 –1929-08-01 Commander in Chief Chosen Army [Korea]
1929-08-01 –1930-02-19 Member of the Supreme War Council
1930-02-19 –1931-12-23 Chief of the General Staff
1931-12-23 –1933-06-06 Member of the Supreme War Council
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