The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Field Marshal Nobuyoshi Mutō

Mutō, Nobuyoshi

Field Marshal

* 1st of August 1868

† 27th of July 1933

(武藤信義)

(むとう のぶよし)

Promotions

1911-01-26 Colonel
1916-05-02 Major-General
1919-07-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-03-02 General
1933-05-03 Marshal

Service

1915-04-10 1916-05-02 Chief of 2nd Section (Manoeuvres), 1st Section, General Staff
1918-06-14 1918-09-XX Chief of Harbin Special Agency [China]
1918-09-XX 1918-11-09 Resident Officer in Irkutsk
1918-11-09 1919-01-15 Chief of Omsk Special Agency [Russia]
1919-01-15 1919-07-25 Head of 1st Section, General Staff
1919-07-25 1921-06-03 Head of General Affairs Section, General Staff
1921-05-05 1922-11-24 General Officer Commanding 3rd Division
1922-11-24 1925-05-01 Vice Chief of the General Staff
1925-05-01 1926-03-02 Member of the Supreme War Council
1926-03-02 1926-07-28 General Officer Commanding Tokyo Defence Command
1926-07-28 1927-08-26 Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
1927-08-26 1932-05-26 Inspector-General of Military Training
1932-05-26 1932-08-08 Member of the Supreme War Council
1932-08-08 1933-07-27 Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
1932-08-08 1933-07-27 Ambassador to Manchukuo
Picture source: http://ja.wikipedia.org/