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Yamada commanded 5
Division in the Kai (132.73E 5.75S) and Aroe Islands from October 1944. He was one of the handful of Japanese generals who promptly committed suicide on the announcement of the Japanese capitulation.
| 1893-20-2
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Born |
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| 1936-8-1 |
Colonel
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Commander, Field Artillery School Training Regiment |
| 1937-8-2 |
Chief, Service Section, Economic
Mobilization Bureau, Ministry of War |
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| 1939-1-16 |
Economic Mobilization Bureau | |
| 1939-9-12
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Head, Economic Mobilization
Bureau, Ministry of War |
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| 1942-4-24 |
Director of Fuel Supplies, Southern Army |
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| 1944-10-2 |
Lieutenant
general |
Commander, 5 Division,
Kai and
Aroe Islands |
| 1945-8-15 |
Commits suicide |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2014-12-26)
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