The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshishige Shimizu

Shimizu, Yoshishige

Lieutenant-General

* 20th of December 1880

† 15th of August 1953

(清水喜重)

(しみず よししげ)

Promotions

1923-08-06 Colonel
1928-08-10 Major-General
1933-03-18 Lieutenant-General

Service

1923-08-06 1924-02-04 Attached to the General Staff
1924-02-04 1925-05-01 Chief of Research Section, Army Infantry School
1925-05-01 1926-12-22 Commanding Officer 3rd Imperial Guards Regiment
1926-12-22 1928-08-10 Chief of 9th Section (Japanese Military History), 4th Section, General Staff
1928-08-10 1929-08-01 Commanding Officer 33rd Infantry Brigade
1929-08-01 1932-04-11 Executive Officer, Military Academy
1932-04-11 1933-03-18 Chief of Staff, Taiwan Army District
1933-03-18 1934-12-01 Commandant of Yura Fortress
1934-12-01 1936-03-07 Commanding Officer 4th Independent Garrison Unit
1936-03-07 1938-03-01 General Officer Commanding 12th Division
1938-03-01 1938-04-15 Attached to the General Staff
1938-04-15 1938-04-20 In reserve
1938-04-20 Retired
1938-05-15 Recalled
1938-05-15 1939-09-19 General Officer Commanding 116th Division
1939-04-19 Retired