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Nakai Masutaro was commissioned an
infantry officer in 1918
and participated in the Siberian
Expedition. He had extensive China
experience, having been the resident officer and military attaché
during the
1930s. At the beginning of the Pacific War, he was chief of
staff of 20
Division. His division was transferred to New Guinea in
January 1943, where he saw much action. He directed the
landings at Hansa Bay; was promoted to major general in August; covered
51
Division's withdrawal from Lae
in September; covered the withdrawals of 20 and 51
Divisions at Cape Gumbi in 1944; and became acting commander of 20
Division in
April 1944 when the division commander was killed. Promoted
to lieutenant
general in March 1945, he and his forces held out to the end of the war.
| 1918 |
Second
lieutenant |
|
| 1937 |
Lieutenant colonel | Military attaché, China |
| 1939-3-9 |
Colonel |
|
| 1939-9-12 |
China
Expeditionary Army |
|
| 1939-11-18 |
Staff, 21 Army |
|
| 1940-2-10 |
Staff, 22 Army |
|
| 1940-6-24 |
Imperial General Headquarters |
|
| 1940-9-6 |
Staff, Indochina Expeditionary Army |
|
| 1940-12-2 |
Instructor, Toyama Army Infantry
School |
|
| 1941-3-1 |
Chief of staff, 20
Division |
|
| 1943-8-2
|
Major general |
Commander, Infantry Group, 20
Division |
| 1944-5-10 |
Acting commander, 20 Division |
|
| 1945-3 |
Commander, 20 Division |
|
| 1945-4-7 |
Lieutenant general |
References
Generals.dk
(accessed 2015-1-26)
Pettibone (2007)
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