The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Osamu Tsukada

Tsukada, Osamu

General

* 14th of July 1886

† 18th of December 1942

(塚田 攻)

(つかだ おさむ)

Promotions

1927-05-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-03-11 Colonel
1935-08-01 Major-General
1938-07-15 Lieutenant-General
1942-12-18 General (Posthumously)

Service

1927-07-XX 1928-08-10 Attached to 68th Infantry Regiment
1928-08-10 1931-03-11 Attached to the General Staff
1931-03-11 1932-02-28 Commanding Officer 2nd Taiwan Infantry Regiment
1932-02-28 1932-06-27 Instructor at the Army Infantry School
1932-06-27 1933-08-01 Chief of Military Administration Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1933-08-01 1935-03-15 Chief of Strategy Branch, Kwantung Army
1935-03-15 1935-09-07 Instructor at the War College
1935-07-09 1937-10-30 Head of 3rd Section, General Staff
1937-10-30 1937-11-02 Attached to the General Staff
1937-11-02 1938-02-14 Chief of Staff, Central China Area Army
1938-03-05 1938-12-10 Commandant of the War College
1938-12-10 1940-10-28 General Officer Commanding 8th Division
1940-10-28 1940-11-15 Attached to the General Staff
1940-11-15 1941-11-06 Vice Chief of the General Staff
1941-11-06 1942-07-01 Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1942-07-01 1942-12-18 General Officer Commanding 11th Army
1942-12-18 Killed in an air crash [China]
Picture source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Tsukada_Osamu.jpg