   was a general in the imperial japanese army in world war ii. ==early career== a native of sendai city, miyagi prefecture, imamuraâs father was a judge. imamura graduated from the imperial japanese army academy in 1907 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry on 26 december of that year. he was promoted to lieutenant in november 1910 and attended the army war college (japan) in 1915. he was promoted to captain in 1917, and was sent to england as a military attachÃ© the following year. he was promoted to major in august 1922 and to lieutenant-colonel in august 1926. in april 1927, he was appointed as a military attachÃ© to british india. promoted to colonel on 1 august 1930, he held a number of staff positions in the operations section of the imperial japanese army general staff from 1931-1932. ==wars in china== with the january 28 incident of 1932, he was sent to take command of the ija 57th infantry regiment. on his return to japan, he became commandant of the narashino army school from 1932-1935.ammenthorp, the generals of world war ii in march 1935, imamura was promoted from regimental commander to brigade commander of the ija 40th infantry brigade with the rank of major general. he was assigned as deputy chief of staff, of the kwangtung army in manchukuo in march 1936. he was recalled to japan to assume the post of commandant of the toyama army infantry school from 1937-1938. promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in march 1938, imamura was given command of the ija 5th division, then based in china, which he continued to command in the early stages of the second sino-japanese war to 1940. from 1940-1941, he was deputy inspector-general of military training, deputy to one of the most powerful officials in the japanese army. he was subsequently appoi
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