The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Asasaburō Kobayashi

Kobayashi, Asasaburō

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of April 1891

† 7th of March 1974

(小林浅三郎)

(こばやし あささぶろう)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-11-09 Major-General
1941-08-25 Lieutenant General

Service

1933-08-01 1935-08-01 Attached to the Imperial Family
1935-08-01 1935-09-07 Instructor at the Army Infantry School
1935-09-07 1936-08-01 Executive Officer, Research section, Army Infantry School
1936-08-01 1937-11-01 Chief of Staff, Imperial Guards Division
1937-11-01 1938-11-09 Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Regiment
1938-11-09 1939-12-01 Chief of Staff, 12th Army
1939-12-01 1940-12-02 Chief of 1st Section, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1941-07-07 1941-12-01 Chief of Staff, 4th Army
1941-12-01 1943-06-10 Chief of Staff, General Defence Command
1943-06-10 1944-03-28 General Officer Commanding 30th Division
1944-03-28 1945-02-01 Chief of Staff, General Defence Command
1945-02-01 1945-09-02 Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army