The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Tokutarō Sakurai

Sakurai, Tokutarō

Major-General

* 2nd of June 1897

† 28th of December 1980

(桜井徳太郎)

(さくらい とくたろう)

Promotions

1939-08-01 Colonel
1943-08-02 Major-General

Service

1937-08-30 1938-02-10 Staff Officer, 1st Army
1938-02-10 1940-03-09 Instructor at the War College
1940-03-09 1940-09-28 Attached China Expeditionary Army Headquarters
1940-09-28 1941-07-01 Chief of Staff, 34th Division
1941-07-01 1942-08-01 Instructor at the Military Police School
1942-08-01 1943-08-02 Commanding Officer 65th Infantry Regiment
1943-08-02 1945-02-20 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 55th Division [Burma]
1945-02-20 1945-04-XX Attached to Burma Area Army Headquarters
1945-04-30 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 212th Division
1945-12-XX Retired