First General Army (Japanese Army)
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First General Army (第一総軍 Daiichi Sogun)
Assignment
Commander-in-chief
no | date of appointment |
rank | name | class | previous job | next job | note |
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1 | 7 Apr 1945 | Field Marshal | Sugiyama Hajime | 12th class, MA | Minister of Army | died | 12 Sep 1945 committed suicide |
2 | 14 Sep 1945 | General | Doihara Kenji | 16th class, MA | Military Councillor | Military Councillor | |
23 Sep 1945 | General | Umezu Yoshijiro | 15th class, MA | Chief of General Staffs | Chief of General Staffs | acting | |
3 | 1 Oct 1945 | General | Kawabe Masakazu | 19th class, MA | CinC, Air General Army | disbanded due to Japanese surrender |
Chief of Staff
no | date of appointment |
rank | name | class | previous job | next job | note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 Apr 1945 | Sudo Einosuke | 25th class, MA |