The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tomō Kodama

Kodama, Tomō

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of October 1881

† 9th of May 1961

(児玉友雄)

(こだま ともお)

Promotions

1923-08-06 Colonel
1929-08-01 Major-General
1933-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1923-08-06 1925-05-01 Commanding Officer 34th Infantry Regiment
1925-05-01 1929-08-01 Chief of 10th Section (Foreign Military History), 4th Section, General Staff
1929-08-01 1930-12-22 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade 22.12.30-01.08.33: Chief of Staff, Chosen Army [Korea]
1933-08-01 1934-08-01 Commandant of Shimonoseki Fortress
1934-08-01 1935-12-10 Commanding Officer 3rd Independent Garrison Unit
1935-12-02 1937-08-02 General Officer Commanding 16th Division
1937-08-02 1938-07-15 Commander in Chief Western Defence Army
1938-07-15 1938-07-27 In reserve
1938-07-27 Retired
1938-09-08 Recalled
1938-09-08 1939-12-01 Commander in Chief Taiwan Army District
1939-12-01 Retired