The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Yamashita, Tomoyoki
General
* 8th of November 1883
† 23rd of February 1946
(山下奉文)
(やました ともゆき)
Promotions
| 1925-08-07 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1929-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1934-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1943-02-10 | General |
Service
| 1922-07-22 | – | 1926-03-16 | Attached to Army Technical Headquarters |
| 1922-07-22 | – | 1927-02-22 | Senior Staff Officer, Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1926-03-16 | – | 1927-02-22 | Instructor at the War College |
| 1927-02-22 | – | 1929-08-01 | Military Attaché to Vienna |
| 1927-02-22 | – | 1929-08-01 | Military Attaché to Budapest |
| 1929-08-01 | – | 1930-08-01 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1930-08-01 | – | 1932-04-11 | Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Regiment |
| 1932-04-11 | – | 1934-08-01 | Chief of Military Affairs Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War |
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-03-15 | Attached to the Ministry of War |
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-03-15 | Attached to the General Staff |
| 1934-08-01 | – | 1935-03-15 | Attached to Main Army Arsenal |
| 1935-03-15 | – | 1936-03-23 | Executive Officer, Military Research Department, Ministry of War |
| 1936-03-23 | – | 1937-08-26 | Commanding Officer 40th Infantry Brigade [Korea] |
| 1937-08-26 | – | 1938-07-15 | Commanding Officer China Garrison Mixed Brigade |
| 1938-07-15 | – | 1939-09-23 | Chief of Staff, Northern China Area Army |
| 1939-09-23 | – | 1940-07-22 | General Officer Commanding 4th Division [Manchuria] |
| 1940-07-22 | – | 1940-12-10 | Inspector-General of Army Aviation |
| 1940-07-22 | – | 1940-12-10 | Head of Army Aviation Headquarters |
| 1940-12-10 | – | 1941-06-09 | Head of Japanese Military Mission to Berlin & Rome |
| 1941-06-09 | – | 1941-07-17 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1941-07-17 | – | 1941-11-06 | General Officer Commanding Kwantung Defence Army [Manchuria] |
| 1941-11-06 | – | 1942-07-01 | General Officer Commanding 25th Army [Malaya - Sumatra] |
| 1942-07-01 | – | 1944-09-26 | Commander in Chief 1st Area Army [Manchuria] |
| 1944-09-26 | – | 1945-09-XX | General Officer Commanding 14th Area Army [Philippines] |
| 1945-12-XX | Condemned to death as war criminal 23.02.46: Hanged |
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