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33rd Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The Japanese 33rd Mixed Brigade was a military unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. History This Mixed Brigade was a detachment of the IJA 10th Division commanded by Major Gen. Nakamura in the Battle of Rehe The Battle of Rehe (, sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang and an ... in the battle along the Great Wall in 1933.Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981 See also * List of Japanese Mixed Brigades References Japanese World War II brigades {{mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Later an Inspectorate General of Aviation became the third agency with oversight of the army. During wartime or national emergencies, the nominal command functions of the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters (IGHQ), an ad hoc body consisting of the chief and vice chief of the Army General Staff, the Minister of the Army, the chief and vice chief of the Naval General Staff, the Inspector General of Aviation, and the Inspector General of Military Training. History Origins (1868–1871) In the mid-19th century, Japan had no unified national army and the country was made up of feudal domains (''han'') with the Tokugawa shogunate (''bakuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army)
The Mixed Brigade was one of the military units of the Imperial Japanese Army. The IJA had two types of Mixed Brigades. Mixed Brigades The first type was known as Mixed Brigade. This was the detachment of an infantry brigade from an IJA Infantry Division with various Divisional support units or sometimes units attached from its Corps or Army. This provided a combined arms force of infantry, artillery, cavalry and other support units.Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981 Independent Mixed Brigades The second type was the Independent Mixed Brigade. These were detachments made of various units detached from other units or independent support units formed together in a brigade. The first two of these Independent Mixed Brigades, formed by the Kwangtung Army in the 1930s was the IJA 1st Independent Mixed Brigade and the IJA 11th Independent Mixed Brigade. These brigades were organized in unique manners and one of them, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the . The ''10th Divisio''n was one of six new infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army in the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War, 1 October 1898. Its troops were recruited primarily from communities in the three prefectures of Hyōgo, Okayama and Tottori, plus a portion of Shimane. It was originally headquartered in the city of Himeji, and its first commander was Lieutenant General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru. Action Russo-Japanese War During the Russo-Japanese War, under the command of Lieutenant General Kawamura Kageaki, this division was assigned to the 4th Army, and saw combat (and casualties) at the Battle of the Yalu River (April 1904), Battle of Hsimucheng (July 1904), Battle of Liaoyang (August 1904), Battle of Shaho (October 1904) as part of the 4th army. From 15 January 1905, it came under the command of Lieutenant General Andō Teibi and participated at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Rehe
The Battle of Rehe (, sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang and annexed it to the new state of Manchukuo. The battle was fought from February 21 to March 1, 1933. Background Following the establishment of Manchukuo, the Kwantung Army launched an operation to secure its southern frontier with China by attacking and capturing Shanhaiguan Pass at the Great Wall on 3 January 1933. The province of Rehe, on the northern side of the Great Wall, was the next target. Declaring the province to be historically a portion of Manchuria, the Japanese Army initially hoped to secure it through the defection of General Tang Yulin to the Manchukuo cause. When this failed, the military option was placed into action. Assigned to this operation were the Japanese 6th Division and 8th Division and 14th and 33rd Mixed Brig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Of The Great Wall
The defense of the Great Wall () (January 1 – May 31, 1933) was a campaign between the armies of Republic of China and Empire of Japan, which took place before the Second Sino-Japanese War officially commenced in 1937 and after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. It is known in Japanese as and in many English sources as the First Battle of Hopei. During this campaign, Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang, and incorporated it into the newly created state of Manchukuo, whose southern frontier was thus extended to the Great Wall of China. Battle of Shanhai Pass Shanhaiguan is the fortified eastern end of the Great Wall of China, where the Great Wall meets the ocean. Per the terms of the 1901 Boxer Rebellion accord, the Imperial Japanese Army maintained a small garrison of around 200 men at Shanhaiguan. On the night of 1 January 1933, the Japanese garrison commander staged an "incident" by exploding a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Japanese Mixed Brigades
The Japanese Imperial Army had divisional mixed brigades, which were the detachment of a brigade from an infantry division with various divisional support units or units attached from its corps or army. This provided a combined arms force of infantry, artillery, cavalry and other support units. List of Japanese Imperial Army Mixed Brigades * Guards Mixed Brigade * 2nd Guards Mixed Brigade (Japan) * 4th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931–1932 * 8th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931–1932 * 14th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931–1932 * 15th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) ** Katayama Detachment – Manchukuo 1939 * 24th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Shanghai 1932 * 33rd Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – China 1933 * 39th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931 * Karafuto Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Sakhalin 1939 – February 1945 (reformed to 88th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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