The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Nobuyoshi Obata

Obata, Nobuyoshi

Major-General

* 29th of March 1897

† 30th of May 1976

(小畑信良)

(おばた のぶよし)

Promotions

1939-03-09 Colonel
1943-03-18 Major-General

Service

1937-10-20 1938-03-01 Attached to 10th Army Staff
1938-03-01 1940-05-29 Instructor at the War College
1940-05-29 1941-02-01 Commanding Officer Transport Regiment, Imperial Guards Division [Malaya - Sumatra]
1941-02-01 1941-05-02 Attached to Imperial Headquarters Staff
1941-05-02 1941-11-13 Instructor at the War College
1941-11-13 1942-02-18 Chief of 2nd Section, Southern Army
1942-02-18 1943-08-01 Chief of Staff, Imperial Guards Division
1943-03-18 1943-05-26 Chief of Staff, 15th Army [Burma]
1943-05-26 1944-10-02 Head of Harbin Special Intelligence Agency [Manchuria]
1944-10-02 1945-05-30 Chief of Staff, Kwantung Defence Army [Manchuria]
1945-05-30 1945-08-XX Chief of Staff, 44th Army [Manchuria]
1945-08-XX 1956-12-XX Prisoner of War [Soviet Union]
Picture source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Nobuyoshi_Obata.JPG