The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Watanabe, Masao
Lieutenant-General
* 10th of October 1888
† 11th of October 1950
(渡辺正夫)
(渡邊正夫)
(わたなべ まさお)
Promotions
| 1929-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1933-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1937-08-02 | Major-General |
| 1939-10-02 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1928-08-10 | – | 1933-08-01 | Instructor of the Army Field Artillery School |
| 1933-08-01 | – | 1936-03-07 | Commanding Officer 10th Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1936-03-07 | – | 1937-08-02 | Chief of Staff, 14th Division |
| 1937-08-02 | – | 1938-07-15 | Chief of Staff, Central Defence Army |
| 1938-07-15 | – | 1939-03-23 | Head of General Affairs Bureau, Army Armaments Factory |
| 1939-03-23 | – | 1940-04-01 | Head of Main Army Arsenal 01.04.40-01.08.40: Attached to Army Aviation Technical Research Institute |
| 1940-08-01 | – | 1942-12-01 | General Officer Commanding 56th Division |
| 1942-12-01 | – | 1944-03-23 | Commandant of the Army Science School |
| 1944-03-22 | – | 1944-08-08 | General Officer Commanding 32nd Army [Ryukyu Islands] |
| 1944-08-08 | – | 1944-10-26 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1944-10-26 | – | 1944-10-31 | In reserve |
| 1944-10-31 | Retired | ||
| 1945-03-20 | Recalled | ||
| 1945-03-20 | – | 1945-04-01 | Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters |
| 1945-04-01 | – | 1945-09-02 | General Officer Commanding Osaka Divisional District |