The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Tsuyuo Yamagata

Yamagata, Tsuyuo

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of June 1890

† 15th of February 1945

(山県栗花生)

(山縣栗花生)

(やまがた つゆお)

Promotions

1937-08-02 Colonel
1940-08-01 Major-General
1944-07-14 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-10-15 1939-03-09 Commanding Officer 3rd Area, 8th Border Garrison Unit
1939-03-09 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 11th Infantry Regiment
1940-08-01 1941-06-28 Commandant of Keelung Fortress
1941-06-28 1943-06-12 Commanding Officer 21st Independent Mixed Brigade [New Guinea]
1943-07-09 1943-12-01 Attached to Central Army
1943-12-01 1944-07-18 Chief of Administration Section, 53rd Depot Division
1944-07-18 1945-02-15 General Officer Commanding 26th Division [Philippines]
1945-02-15 Killed in Action [Leyte]