The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Kōtarō Nakamura

Nakamura, Kōtarō

General

* 28th of August 1881

† 29th of August 1947

(中村孝太郎)

(なかむら こうたろう)

Promotions

1922-08-15 Colonel
1926-07-26 Major-General
1932-04-XX Lieutenant-General
1938-06-30 General

Service

1922-08-15 1923-08-06 Commanding Officer 67th Infantry Regiment
1923-08-12 1927-07-26 Attached to the General Staff
1927-07-26 1929-08-01 Commanding Officer 39th Infantry Brigade
1929-08-01 1930-12-22 Chief of Staff, Chosen Army [Korea]
1930-12-22 1932-02-28 Head of Personnel Bureau, Ministry of War
1932-03-01 1934-03-05 General Officer Commanding China Garrison Army
1934-03-05 1935-12-02 General Officer Commanding 8th Army
1935-12-02 1937-03-01 Director-General, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1937-02-02 1937-02-09 Minister of War
1937-03-01 1937-08-02 Member of the Supreme War Council
1937-08-02 1937-11-30 General Officer Commanding Tokyo Defence Command
1937-08-02 1938-06-23 Commander in Chief Eastern Defence Army
1938-07-15 1941-07-07 Commander in Chief Chosen Army [Korea]
1941-12-24 1943-05-01 Commander in Chief Eastern Army District
1943-05-02 Retired
1945-05-XX 1945-11-XX President of the Military Defence Institute
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