 Iwane Matsui ( 松井 石根 , Matsui Iwane , July 27 , 1878 – December 23 , 1948 ) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937 . He was convicted of war crimes and executed by the Allies for his involvement in the Nanking Massacre . Born in Nagoya , Matsui was a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy , where he was a classmate of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi . He was promoted to major general in 1934 and took command of the 16th Division in 1935. nobody knows me like you do
