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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshiharu Takeshita

Takeshita, Yoshiharu

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of April 1891

† 7th of February 1979

(竹下義晴)

(たけした よしはる)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1941-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-10-05 1932-08-08 Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
1932-08-08 1934-03-05 Resident Officer, Harbin Special Agency [Manchuria]
1934-03-05 1935-08-01 Attached to the Military Academy
1935-08-01 1936-04-13 Chief of Shanhaiguan (Shanhai Pass) Special Agency [China]
1936-03-15 1937-10-13 Chief of Rear Area Section, Kwantung Army
1937-10-17 1938-07-15 Commanding Officer 45th Infantry Regiment
1938-07-15 1940-03-09 Chief of Shanghai Special Agency
1939-07-04 1940-03-09 Resident Officer in Shanghai [China]
1940-03-09 1941-12-08 Head of Mengjiang (Inner Mongolia) Coordination Bureau, Asia Development Board
1941-11-06 1942-12-10 Chief Military Advisor to Manchukuo
1942-11-09 1944-05-30 General Officer Commanding 27th Division [China]
1944-08-25 1944-12-02 Attached to 6th Area Army
1944-12-02 Retired
1945-01-20 Recalled
1945-01-20 1945-04-01 General Officer Commanding 30th Depot Division
1945-04-01 1945-09-02 General Officer Commanding Pyongyang Divisional District [Korea]
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