The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Norifumi Shigetō

Shigetō, Norifumi

Major-General

* 3rd of May 1895

† 9th of August 1947

(重藤憲文)

(しげとう のりふみ)

Promotions

1940-08-01 Colonel
1945-06-10 Major-General

Service

1938-12-10 1940-08-01 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Nagoya
1940-08-01 1942-05-02 Attached to Military Police (Kempeitai) Section, Central China Expeditionary Army
1942-05-02 1945-08-10 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Southern China Expeditionary Army
1945-08-10 1945-09-18 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Northern China Area Army
1947-04-XX Condemned to death as a war criminal
1947-08-09 Executed [China]