Biography of Lieutenant-General Shigenori Kuroda - (黒田重徳) - (くろだしげのり) (1887

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30th of April 1954 </p> <p>(黒田重徳)</p> <p>(くろだしげのり)</p> </div> </div> <div class="promotions"> <h3>Promotions</h3> <table> <tr> <td class="date">1928-08-10</td> <td class="description">Lieutenant-Colonel</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1932-08-08</td> <td class="description">Colonel</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1937-03-01</td> <td class="description">Major-General</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1939-08-01</td> <td class="description">Lieutenant-General</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="assignments"> <h3>Service</h3> <table> <tr> <td class="start">1932-08-08</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1933-08-01</td> <td class="description">Commanding Officer 59th Infantry Regiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1933-08-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1935-08-01</td> <td class="description">Chief of Recruiting Branch, Military Service Bureau, Ministry of War</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1935-08-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1937-03-01</td> <td class="description">Military Attaché to India</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1937-10-05</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1938-11-01</td> <td class="description">Commanding Officer Infantry Group 26th Division</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1938-11-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1939-08-01</td> <td class="description">Commanding Officer 4th Independent Garrison Unit</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1939-08-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1941-06-30</td> <td class="description">General Officer Commanding 26th Division</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1941-07-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1942-07-01</td> <td class="description">Director-General, Inspectorate-General of Military Training</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1942-07-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1943-05-19</td> <td class="description">Chief of Staff, Southern Army</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1943-05-19</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1944-07-28</td> <td class="description">General Officer Commanding 14th Army [Philippines]</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1944-07-28</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1944-09-26</td> <td class="description">Commander in Chief 14th Area Army [Philippines]</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1945-12-03</td> <td class="dash"></td><td class="stop"></td> <td class="description">Retired</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1946-09-XX</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1949-07-XX</td> <td class="description">Arrested</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1949-07-XX</td> <td class="dash"></td><td class="stop"></td> <td class="description">Condemned to life imprison as war criminal</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1952-02-XX</td> <td class="dash"></td><td class="stop"></td> <td class="description">Released</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="portraitsource"> Picture source: http://image.wangchao.net.cn/baike/1319591590567.jpg </div> <div class="spacer"> </div>  <div id="footer"> Copyright © Steen Ammentorp since 2000. </div> <div id="footerspacer"> </div>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>

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Biography of Lieutenant-General Shigenori Kuroda - (黒田重徳) - (くろだ しげのり) (1887 – 1954), Japan

Biography of Lieutenant-General Shigenori Kuroda - (黒田重徳) - (くろだしげのり) (1887 – 1954), Japan