The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Shigeatsu Yamaoka

Yamaoka, Shigeatsu

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of November 1882

† 27th of March 1954

(山岡重厚)

(やまおか しげあつ)

Promotions

1923-03-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-03-02 Colonel
1931-08-01 Major-General
1935-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1923-02-01 1925-12-02 Instructor at the War College
1925-12-02 1928-03-08 Commanding Officer Cadets, Military Academy
1928-03-08 1929-08-01 Commanding Officer 22nd Infantry Regiment
1929-08-01 1931-08-01 Chief of 2nd Branch, Inspectorate-General of Military Training
1931-08-01 1932-02-28 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade
1932-02-28 1934-03-05 Head of Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War
1932-02-28 1934-03-05 Chief Secretary of the Supreme War Council
1935-03-05 1935-12-02 Head of Economic Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War
1935-12-01 1936-12-01 General Officer Commanding 9th Division
1936-12-01 1937-03-29 Attached to the General Staff
1937-03-29 Retired
1937-08-26 Recalled
1937-08-26 1938-11-09 General Officer Commanding 109th Division
1938-11-09 1939-01-01 Member of the Supreme War Council
1939-01-01 Retired
1945-03-20 Recalled
1945-03-20 1945-04-01 Attached to Army Ordnance Administrative Headquarters
1945-04-01 1945-06-10 General Officer Commanding Zentsuji Divisional District
1945-06-10 1945-12-XX Attached to Shikoku Army District Headquarters
1945-12-XX Retired
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