The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yaheita Saitō

Saitō, Yaheita

Lieutenant-General

* 28th of September 1885

† 28th of September 1953

(斎藤弥平太)

(さいとう やへいた)

Promotions

1930-08-01 Colonel
1935-03-15 Major-General
1938-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1929-11-01 1930-08-01 Instructor at the War College
1930-08-01 1932-08-08 Chief of Control Branch, Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1932-08-08 1933-08-01 Chief of Strategy Branch, Kwantung Army
1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Regiment
1935-03-15 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer 28th Infantry Brigade
1937-03-01 1937-11-01 Attached to 1st Division
1937-11-01 1938-11-09 Commanding Officer 4th Independent Garrison Unit
1938-11-09 1940-02-15 General Officer Commanding 101st Division [China]
1940-03-XX 1940-04-01 Attached to the General Staff
1940-04-01 1942-07-01 Head of Army Ordnance Headquarters
1942-07-01 1943-04-08 General Officer Commanding 25th Army [Malaya - Sumatra]
1943-04-08 1943-05-03 Attached to the General Staff
1943-05-03 Retired
1953-09-28 Condemned to death as war criminal