The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shirō Makino

Makino, Shirō

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of April 1893

† 10th of August 1945

(牧野四郎)

(まきの しろう)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-03-09 Major-General
1943-06-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-08-02 1937-11-24 Attached to 20th Division
1937-11-24 1938-07-15 Attached to the Military Preparatory School
1938-07-15 1939-08-01 Commanding Officer 35th Infantry Regiment
1939-08-01 1940-03-09 Instructor at the Army Medical School
1940-03-09 1941-04-21 Chief of Staff, 5th Army
1941-04-21 1941-10-15 Chief of Instruction Section, Military Preparatory School
1941-10-15 1942-12-22 Executive Officer, Military Preparatory School
1942-12-22 1943-03-01 Commandant of the Military Preparatory School
1944-03-01 1945-08-10 General Officer Commanding 16th Division [Philippines]
1945-08-10 Committed Suicide on Leyte Island [Philippines]
Picture source: http://www.sankei.co.jp/seiron/koukoku/2006/0601/pgitd/pg8.jpeg