The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Sawada, Shigeru
Lieutenant-General
* 29th of March 1887
† 1st of December 1980
(沢田 茂)
(さわだ しげる)
Promotions
| 1930-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1935-03-15 | Major-General |
| 1938-03-01 | Lieutenant-General 10.12.26-22.11.28: Instructor at the War College |
Service
| 1928-11-22 | – | 1931-08-01 | Chief of Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria] |
| 1931-08-01 | – | 1933-03-18 | Commanding Officer 24th Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1933-03-18 | – | 1934-03-05 | Instructor at the War College |
| 1934-03-05 | – | 1935-03-15 | Chief of Staff, Imperial Guards Division |
| 1935-03-15 | – | 1935-12-02 | Commanding Officer 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| 1935-12-02 | – | 1938-03-01 | Military Attaché to Poland |
| 1938-03-01 | – | 1938-07-15 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1938-07-15 | – | 1939-09-23 | General Officer Commanding 4th Division |
| 1939-09-23 | – | 1939-10-02 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1939-10-02 | – | 1940-11-15 | Vice Chief of the General Staff |
| 1940-11-15 | – | 1940-12-02 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1940-12-02 | – | 1942-10-08 | General Officer Commanding 13th Arm [China] |
| 1942-10-08 | – | 1942-11-02 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1942-11-02 | Retired | ||
| 1943-04-XX | Part-time attached to the General Staff as Member of the Military Research Committee | ||
| 1943-11-XX | Recalled | ||
| 1943-11-XX | – | 1945-10-XX | Member of the Military Research Committee, General Staff |
| 1945-10-XX | – | 1946-02-XX | Arrested as suspected war criminal 00.02.46: Condemned to 5 years imprisonment as war criminal |
| 1950-01-XX | Released |
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