The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hikotarō Tajima

Tajima, Hikotarō

Lieutenant-General

* 5th of August 1894

† 3rd of April 1946

(田島彦太郎)

(たじま ひこたろう)

Promotions

1937-11-01 Colonel
1941-08-25 Major-General
1945-04-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-08-02 1938-08-30 Staff Officer, 8th Division
1938-08-30 1939-10-06 Commanding Officer 9th Cavalry Regiment
1939-10-06 1941-07-07 Chief of Staff, 41st Division
1941-07-07 1943-02-23 Head of Special Agency, Northern China Area Army
1943-02-23 1944-07-14 Commanding Officer 3rd Cavalry Brigade
1944-07-14 1945-09-XX Commanding Officer 61st Independent Mixed Brigade [Philippines]
1946-XX-XX Condemned to death as a war criminal
1946-04-03 Executed
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