The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kiyotomi Okamoto

Okamoto, Kiyotomi

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of January 1894

† 15th of August 1945

(岡本清福)

(おかもと きよとみ)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General
1943-10-29 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-08-XX 1937-08-01 Attached to the General Staff
1937-08-01 1937-08-30 Attached to China Garrison Army Headquarters
1937-08-30 1938-12-10 Chief of Manoeuvres Section, 2nd army
1938-12-10 1939-03-09 Attached to the General Staff
1939-03-09 1939-12-01 Commanding Officer 4th Field Artillery Regiment
1939-12-01 1940-11-13 Military Attaché to Germany
1940-11-13 1941-03-01 Attached to the General Staff
1941-03-01 1941-04-01 Head of 4th Section, General Staff
1941-04-01 1942-08-17 Head of 2nd Section, General Staff
1942-08-17 1943-02-23 Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1943-02-23 1943-05-11 Head of 4th Section, General Staff
1943-05-XX 1944-03-16 Head of Japanese Military Mission to Germany & Italy
1944-03-16 1945-XX-XX Military Attaché to Switzerland
1945-08-15 Committed suicide