1 Dec 1932
- Hiroaki Abe was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
- Tamon Yamaguchi was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Tamon Yamaguchi | CPC]
- Mutsu was assigned to Japanese Navy Battleship Division 1. ww2dbase [Mutsu | CPC]
- Franz von Papen met with German President Paul von Hindenburg and offered a plan for Germany that was effectively the end of the republic. Hindenburg rejected the plan and offered that given current situation he wished for a coalition government. ww2dbase [Franz von Papen | CPC]
- Nobutake Kongo was named the commanding officer of battleship Kongo. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | CPC]
- Arthur Chin joined the Guangdong Provincial Air Force in China as a warrant probationary pilot. ww2dbase [Arthur Chin | Guangdong | CPC]
- Captain Shigeru Sonoda was named the commanding officer of Naka. ww2dbase [Naka | CPC]
- Minoru Ota was promoted to the rank of commander. ww2dbase [Minoru Ota | CPC]
- Admiral Koichi Shiozawa was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Koichi Shiozawa | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Shinji Suzuki was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- The construction for HMS Amphion was ordered. ww2dbase [Perth | CPC]
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