The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Sōsaku Suzuki

Suzuki, Sōsaku

General

* 2nd of September 1891

† 19th of April 1945

(鈴木宗作)

(すずき そうさく)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1941-03-01 Lieutenant-General
1945-06-14 General (Posthumously)

Service

1933-12-23 1934-12-26 Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
1934-12-26 1935-08-01 Chief of Security Section, Military Police (Kempeitai) Kanto
1935-08-01 1937-03-01 Commanding Officer 4th Infantry Regiment
1937-03-01 1938-07-15 Chief 2nd Branch, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1938-07-14 1939-09-23 Deputy Chief of Staff, Central China Expeditionary Army
1939-09-04 1939-12-01 Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
1939-12-01 1940-03-09 Attached to the General Staff
1940-03-09 1941-09-15 Head of 3rd Section, General Staff
1941-09-15 1941-11-06 Attached to the General Staff
1941-11-06 1942-10-07 Chief of Staff, 25th Army [Malaya - Sumatra]
1942-10-07 1942-10-15 Attached to Army Ordnance Headquarters
1942-10-15 1943-04-08 Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters
1943-04-08 1944-08-28 Head of Transportation Department, Ministry of War
1943-09-25 1944-08-28 Head of Army Shipping Headquarters
1944-07-28 1945-06-14 General Officer Commanding 35th Army [Philippines]
1945-04-19 Killed in Action
Picture source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Suzuki_Sosaku.jpg