The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Minami, Jirō
General
* 10th of August 1874
† 5th of December 1957
(南 次郎)
(みなみ じろう)
Promotions
| 1915-08-10 | Colonel |
| 1919-07-25 | Major-General |
| 1924-02-04 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1930-03-07 | General |
Service
| 1914-01-20 | – | 1917-08-08 | Commanding Officer 13th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1917-08-06 | – | 1919-07-25 | Chief of Horse Administration Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1919-07-27 | – | 1921-01-10 | General Officer Commanding China Occupation Army |
| 1921-02-10 | – | 1922-02-08 | Commanding Officer 3rd Cavalry Brigade |
| 1922-02-08 | – | 1923-10-10 | Commandant of the Army Cavalry School |
| 1923-10-10 | – | 1924-08-20 | Commandant of the Military Academy |
| 1924-08-20 | – | 1926-03-02 | Inspector of Cavalry |
| 1926-03-02 | – | 1927-03-05 | General Officer Commanding 16th Division |
| 1927-03-05 | – | 1929-08-01 | Vice Chief of the General Staff |
| 1929-08-01 | – | 1930-11-22 | Commander in Chief Chosen Army [Korea] |
| 1930-12-22 | – | 1931-04-14 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1931-04-14 | – | 1931-12-13 | Minister of War |
| 1931-12-13 | – | 1934-12-10 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1934-12-10 | – | 1936-03-06 | Commander in Chief Kwantung Army |
| 1936-03-06 | – | 1936-04-22 | In reserve |
| 1936-04-22 | Retired | ||
| 1936-08-05 | – | 1942-05-29 | Governor-General of Korea |
| 1942-05-29 | – | 1945-03-29 | Privy Councillor |
| 1945-03-XX | – | 1945-12-XX | Member of the Diet |
| 1945-12-XX | – | 1949-01-XX | Arrested and tried as A class war criminal |
| 1949-01-XX | Condemned to life imprisonment as war criminal | ||
| 1953-XX-XX | Released on grounds of health |
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