The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shunzaburō Mugikura

Mugikura, Shunzaburō

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of November 1888

† 7th of July 1969

(麦倉俊三郎)

(むぎくら しゅんざぶろう)

Promotions

1937-03-07 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-08-01 1936-03-28 Instructor at Army Infantry School
1936-03-28 1937-08-14 Commanding Officer 11th Independent Infantry Regiment
1937-08-14 Wounded in Action
1937-08-14 1937-11-01 Attached to Kwantung Army
1937-11-01 1939-03-25 Chief of Staff, Imperial Guards Division
1939-03-25 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 32nd Division
1940-08-01 1941-03-01 Commanding Officer 9th Independent Mixed Brigade
1941-03-01 1941-11-06 Commanding Officer 62nd Independent Infantry Group
1941-11-06 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 52nd Division [Caroline Islands]
1944-08-22 1945-01-20 Acting General Officer Commanding 31st Army [Caroline Islands]
1945-01-20 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 31st Army [Caroline Islands]
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley