The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshie Shirokura

Shirokura, Yoshie

Lieutenant-General

* 27th of September 1887

† 13th of September 1945

(城倉義衛)

(しろくら よしえ)

Promotions

1934-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1940-12-02 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-03-11 1934-08-01 Adjutant, Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters 01.08.34-01.08.36: Head of Administration Bureau, Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters
1936-08-01 1937-03-01 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai) Keijo (Seoul)
1937-03-01 1938-07-15 Chief of General Affairs Section, Military Police (Kempeitai), Kanto Area
1938-07-15 1940-03-09 Head of the Military Police (Kempeitai), Kanto Area
1940-03-09 1940-12-02 Commandant of the Military Police (Kempeitai) Academy
1940-12-02 1941-07-01 Director-General of the Military Police (Kempeitai) Headquarters
1941-07-01 1942-08-01 Head of Military Police (Kempeitai), Northern China Area Army
1945-09-13 Committed suicide