Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Amin ya shiga King's African Rifles (KAR) na Sojojin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a 1946 a matsayin mataimakin mai dafa abinci. Daga baya a rayuwa ya yi iƙirarin ƙarya cewa ya yi aiki a yakin Burma na yakin duniya na biyu. An tura shi zuwa Kenya don aikin soji a matsayin mai zaman kansa a 1947, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin rundunar sojin KAR ta 21 a Gilgil, Kenya Colony har zuwa 1949. A wannan shekarar, an tura rukunin sa zuwa arewacin Kenya don yaƙi da 'yan tawayen Somaliya a Yaƙin Shifta. A shekara ta 1952, an tura tawagarsa ta yi yaƙi da 'yan tawayen Mau Mau a Kenya. An daukaka shi zuwa corporal a wannan shekarar, sannan zuwa sarge a 1953.A 1959, an sanya Amin a matsayin, mafi girman matsayi ga baƙar fata na Afirka a cikin sojojin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a wancan lokacin. Amin ya koma Uganda a wannan shekarar kuma, a 1961, an ba shi mukamin Laftanar, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Uganda biyu na farko da suka zama jami'ai. An ba shi aikin dakile satar shanu tsakanin Karamojong na Uganda da Turkana nomads na Kenya. A cikin 1962, bayan samun 'yancin kai na Uganda daga Burtaniya, an daukaka Amin zuwa kyaftin sannan, a cikin 1963, zuwa Manjo. An nada shi Mataimakin Kwamandan Sojoji a 1964 kuma, a shekara mai zuwa, zuwa Kwamandan Sojoji. A shekarar 1970, an daukaka shi zuwa kwamandan dukkan rundunonin soji.Amin ya kasance dan wasa ne a lokacin da yake cikin sojojin Burtaniya da na Uganda. Yana da tsayin mita 1.93 (6.3 ft) kuma yana da ƙarfi, ya kasance zakaran dambe mai nauyin nauyi na Ugandan daga 1951 zuwa 1960, da kuma mai iyo. Amin kuma ya kasance babban dan wasan rugby, kodayake wani jami'i ya ce game da shi: "Idi Amin babban mutum ne kuma mai kyau (dan wasan rugby), amma kusan kashi daga wuya zuwa sama, kuma yana buƙatar abubuwa da aka bayyana a cikin kalmomin harafi ɗaya". A cikin shekarun 1950, ya buga wa Nile RFC. Akwai tatsuniyar birane da ake maimaitawa akai-akai cewa an zaɓe shi a matsayin mai maye gurbin ƙungiyar rugby ta Gabashin Afirka don wasan yawon shakatawa na 1955 da British Lions. Amin, duk da haka, ba ya bayyana a cikin hoton ƙungiyar ko a cikin jerin ƙungiyar. Bayan tattaunawa da wani abokin aikina a rundunar sojin Burtaniya,...  Tambaya: A wace shekara ce Amin ya zama kyaftin?
Shekara ta 1962