The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Sanetaka Kusumoto

Kusumoto, Sanetaka

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of July 1890

† 11th of October 1979

(楠本実隆)

(くすもと さねたか)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-07-04 1934-08-01 Resident Officer in Shanghai [China]
1934-08-01 1937-09-04 Attached to the General Staff
1937-09-04 1938-02-18 Attached to Shanghai Expeditionary Force
1938-02-18 1939-03-10 Chief of Intelligence Section, Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-03-10 1940-04-10 Deputy Head of Central China Coordination Bureau, Asia Development Board
1940-04-10 1941-10-15 Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Brigade
1941-10-15 1943-03-11 General Officer Commanding 57th Division
1943-03-11 1944-10-16 Chief Military Advisor to Manchukuo
1944-10-16 1945-09-02 Resident Plenipotentiary in Beijing [China]