The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Sugiyama, Hajime
Field Marshal
* 1st of January 1880
† 12th of September 1945
(杉山 元)
(すぎやま げん)
(Sugiyama Gen)
Promotions
| 1921-06-28 | Colonel |
| 1925-05-01 | Major-General |
| 1930-08-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1936-11-02 | General |
| 1943-06-21 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1918-12-01 | – | 1920-07-16 | Commanding Officer 2nd Air Battalion |
| 1920-07-16 | – | 1922-04-01 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1922-04-01 | – | 1923-08-06 | Chief of Aviation Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1923-08-06 | – | 1925-05-01 | Chief of Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1925-05-01 | – | 1926-12-01 | Chief of Supply Section, Army Aviation Headquarters |
| 1926-12-01 | – | 1927-02-15 | Attached to Army Aviation Headquarters |
| 1927-02-15 | – | 1928-04-20 | Army Aviation Representative to the League of Nations |
| 1928-04-20 | – | 1928-08-10 | Attached to Main Army Arsenal |
| 1928-08-10 | – | 1930-08-01 | Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1928-08-10 | – | 1930-06-16 | Chief Secretary of the Supreme War Council |
| 1930-06-16 | – | 1932-02-28 | Vice Minister of War |
| 1932-02-28 | – | 1933-03-18 | General Officer Commanding 12th Division |
| 1933-03-18 | – | 1936-08-01 | Head of Army Aviation Headquarters |
| 1934-09-01 | – | 1936-03-23 | Vice Chief of the General Staff |
| 1934-09-01 | – | 1935-03-18 | Commandant of the War College |
| 1936-08-01 | – | 1937-02-09 | Inspector-General of Military Training |
| 1937-07-29 | – | 1938-06-03 | Minister of War |
| 1938-06-03 | – | 1938-12-09 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1938-12-09 | – | 1939-09-12 | Commander in Chief Northern China Area Army |
| 1939-08-31 | – | 1939-09-12 | General Officer Commanding Mongolia Garrison Army |
| 1939-09-12 | – | 1939-10-03 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1940-10-03 | – | 1944-02-21 | Chief General Staff |
| 1944-07-18 | – | 1944-07-22 | Inspector-General of Military Training |
| 1944-07-22 | – | 1945-04-07 | Minister of War |
| 1945-04-07 | – | 1945-09-12 | Commander in Chief 1st General Army |
| 1945-09-12 | Committed suicide |
Picture source: Courtesy of Jonas Thomsen