The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yataka Nakaoka

Nakaoka, Yataka

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of January 1883

† 21st of January 1975

(中岡弥高)

(なかおか やたか)

Promotions

1923-08-06 Colonel
1928-08-10 Major-General
1932-12-07 Lieutenant-General

Service

1923-08-06 1924-08-20 Commanding Officer 7th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
1924-08-20 1926-03-02 Chief of 9th Section (Japanese Military History), 4th Section, General Staff
1926-03-02 1928-05-30 Chief of Staff, Tokyo Defence Command
1928-05-30 1931-06-11 Military Attaché to France
1931-06-11 1931-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1931-08-01 1932-08-08 Commanding Officer 1st Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
1932-08-08 1933-08-01 Commandant of Shimonoseki Fortress
1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Commandant of the Army Artillery Engineering School
1935-03-15 1935-03-30 In reserve
1935-03-30 Retired
1937-08-28 Recalled
1937-08-28 1939-08-09 General Officer Commanding 16th Depot Division
1939-08-09 Retired