The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Akira Sasa

Sasa, Akira

Major-General

* 5th of August 1890

† 23rd of April 1948

(佐々 誠)

(ささ あきら)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General

Service

1935-08-01 1937-07-31 Commanding Officer 4th Air Regiment
1937-07-31 1937-11-01 Commanding Officer 8th Air Battalion
1937-11-01 1939-08-01 Executive Officer, Shimoshidzu Army Aviation School
1939-08-01 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Air Group
1940-08-01 1941-08-01 Attached to Central Army Headquarters
1941-08-01 1942-08-15 Chief of Administration Section, Central Army
1942-08-15 1943-06-10 Chief of Prisoner of War Camps Siam [Thailand]
1943-06-10 1943-06-22 Attached to Central Army Headquarters
1943-06-22 Retired
1948-XX-XX Condemned to death as a war criminal
1948-04-23 Executed by hanging