The Generals of WWII
Generals from Japan
Imamura
Hitoshi, General
(1886 – 1968)
(今村 均)
1930
- 1961
Chief of Recruiting Section, Military Affairs Bureau, Ministry of War
1931
- 1932
Chief of 2nd Section (Manoeuvers), 1st Bureau, General Staff
1932
Attached to the General Staff
1932
- 1933
Commanding Officer 57th Regiment
1933
- 1935
Commandant of Narashino Army School
1935
- 1936
Commanding Officer 40th Brigade
1936
- 1937
Vice Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, Manchuria
1937
- 1938
Director of the Toyama Army Infantry School
1938
Head of Military Administration Bureau, Ministry of War
1938
- 1940
General Officer Commanding 5th Division, China
1940
- 1941
Deputy Inspector-General of Military Training
1941
General Officer Commanding 23rd Army
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 16th Army, Dutch East Indies
1942
- 1945
Commander in Chief 8th Area Army, New Guinea-Solomons Island
1946
- 1947
Arrested and tried as a war criminal
1947
Condemned to 10 years imprisonment as a war crminal
1954
Released
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