The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Shimomura, Sadamu
General
* 23rd of September 1887
† 25th of March 1968
(下村 定)
(しもむら さだむ)
Promotions
| 1931-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1936-03-07 | Major-General |
| 1939-03-09 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1945-05-07 | General |
Service
| 1933-12-20 | – | 1935-03-15 | Commanding Officer 1st Heavy Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1935-03-15 | – | 1935-12-02 | Senior Staff Officer, Kwantung Army |
| 1935-12-02 | – | 1936-08-01 | Executive Officer, War College |
| 1936-08-01 | – | 1937-09-27 | Head of 4th Section, General Staff |
| 1937-09-28 | – | 1938-01-12 | Head of 1st Section, General Staff |
| 1938-01-12 | – | 1938-09-23 | Sick leave |
| 1938-09-23 | – | 1940-08-01 | Commandant of Tokyo Bay Fortress |
| 1940-08-01 | – | 1941-09-01 | Commandant of Army Engineering School |
| 1941-03-09 | – | 1942-10-08 | Commandant of the War College |
| 1942-10-08 | – | 1944-03-22 | General Officer Commanding 13th Army |
| 1944-03-22 | – | 1944-11-22 | Commander in Chief Western Army |
| 1944-11-22 | – | 1945-08-19 | Commander in Chief Northern China Area Army |
| 1945-08-23 | – | 1945-12-01 | Minister of War |
| 1945-08-25 | – | 1945-10-15 | Inspector-General of Military Training |
| 1946-02-XX | – | 1947-05-XX | Arrested but not tried |
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