The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Sonobe, Waichirō
Lieutenant-General
* 19th of March 1883
† 18th of March 1963
(園部和一郎)
(そのべ わいちろう)
Promotions
| 1927-07-26 | Colonel |
| 1932-08-08 | Major-General |
| 1936-04-28 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1925-01-XX | – | 1927-07-26 | Member of the Japanese Military Mission to the League of Nations |
| 1927-07-26 | – | 1929-08-01 | Commanding Officer 74th Infantry Regiment |
| 1929-08-01 | – | 1933-08-08 | Chief of 1st Branch, Inspectorate-General of Military Training |
| 1933-08-08 | – | 1934-03-05 | Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade |
| 1934-03-05 | – | 1934-12-10 | Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade |
| 1934-12-10 | – | 1935-12-02 | Executive Officer, Army Infantry School |
| 1935-12-02 | – | 1937-08-02 | Commandant of the Army Infantry School |
| 1936-03-07 | – | 1937-08-02 | Commanding Officer 1st Independent Garrison Unit |
| 1937-08-02 | – | 1939-08-01 | General Officer Commanding 7th Division |
| 1939-08-01 | – | 1940-03-09 | Commander in Chief Central Defence Army |
| 1940-03-09 | – | 1941-04-10 | General Officer Commanding 11th Army |
| 1941-04-10 | – | 1941-06-20 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1941-06-20 | Retired | ||
| 1945-03-20 | Recalled | ||
| 1945-03-20 | – | 1945-04-01 | Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters |
| 1945-04-01 | – | 1945-09-XX | General Officer Commanding Kurume Division District |