The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Mitsunejirō Yamazaki

Yamazaki, Mitsunejirō

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of November 1889

† 27th of May 1944

(山崎三子次郎)

(やまざき みねじろう)

Promotions

1938-03-01 Colonel
1941-08-25 Major-General
1944-05-27 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1937-12-23 1938-12-10 Chief of Ordnance Section, 5th Depot Division
1938-12-10 1939-08-01 Chief of Ordnance Section, 21st Army
1939-08-01 1940-08-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Supply Unit, 5th Division
1940-08-01 1942-04-01 Commanding Officer 4th Independent Garrison Unit
1942-04-01 1943-08-02 Commanding Officer 62nd Infantry Brigade
1943-08-02 1943-10-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Group, 52nd Division
1943-10-01 1943-11-24 Attached to 52nd Division
1943-11-24 1944-02-24 Commanding Officer 32nd Defence Command
1944-02-24 1944-05-27 Attached to 5th Depot Division
1944-05-27 Died of illness