Shojiro Iida
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(1888-1980)
Japanese Lieutenant-General, Shojiro Iida commanded the Guard Divisions and 1st Army and 25th Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War and 15th Army in the successful beginning of the Burma Campaign in World War II.
Military Career
- 1932 - 1934 Instructor at the Infantry School
- 1934 - 1935 Commanding Officer 4th Imperial Guards Regiment
- 1935 - 1937 Chief of Staff 4th Division
- 1937 - 1938 Head of Military Administration Bureau, Ministry of War
- 1938 Chief of Staff 1st Army, China
- 1938 - 1939 General Officer Commanding Formosa Garrison, Taiwan
- 1939 - 1941 General Officer Commanding Imperial Guards Division
- 1941 General Officer Commanding 25th Army, Indochina
- 1941 - 1943 General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Thailand-Burma
- 1943 - 1944 Attached to the General Defence Command
- 1944 Commander in Chief Central Army District
- 1944 Retired
- 1945 Recalled
- 1945 General Officer Commanding 30th Army, Manchuria
- 1945 - 1950 Prisoner of War, Soviet Union
- 1950 Released
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