The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yūichi Tsuchibashi

Tsuchibashi, Yūichi

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of January 1891

† 31st of May 1975

(土橋勇逸)

(つちばし ゆういち)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-15 Major-General
1941-08-25 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-08-01 1937-08-01 Commanding Officer 20th Infantry Regiment
1937-08-01 1939-08-01 Military Attaché to France
1937-08-01 1939-08-01 Military Attaché to Belgium
1939-08-01 1939-12-01 Chief of Staff, 21st Army
1939-12-01 1940-10-15 Head of 2nd Section, General Staff
1940-10-28 1941-04-10 Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
1941-09-15 1943-11-22 General Officer Commanding 48th Division [Taiwan - Philippines - Java - Timor]
1943-11-22 1944-12-20 General Officer Commanding Indochina Garrison Army
1944-12-20 1945-09-XX General Officer Commanding 38th Army [Indochina]
1950-06-03 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley