The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kenryō Satō

Satō, Kenryō

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of June 1895

† 6th of February 1975

(佐藤賢了)

(さとう けんりょう)

Promotions

1938-07-15 Colonel
1941-10-15 Major-General
1945-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1938-07-15 1938-12-10 Chief of Press Office, Ministry of War
1938-07-15 1938-12-10 Chief of Army Press Section, Imperial Headquarters
1938-12-10 1939-03-09 Attached to Hamamutsu Army Aviation School
1939-03-09 1940-02-10 Deputy Chief of Staff, 21st Army
1940-02-10 1941-02-05 Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern China Area Army
1941-03-01 1942-04-20 Chief of Military Service Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1942-04-20 1944-12-14 Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1944-12-14 1945-04-07 Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
1945-04-07 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding 37th Division [Thailand]
1945-12-XX Retired
1946-04-26 1948-11-XX Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948-11-XX Condemned to life imprisonment as war criminal
1956-03-31 Released
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