Japanese Thirty-Seventh Army

picture info	Empire Of Japan The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan. It encompassed the Japanese archipelago and several colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories. Under the slogans of and following the Boshin War and restoration of power to the Emperor from the Shogun, Japan underwent a period of industrialization and militarization, the Meiji Restoration, which is often regarded as the fastest modernisation of any country to date. All of these aspects contributed to Japan's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. Economic and political turmoil in the 1920s, including the Great Depression, led to the rise of militarism, nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Allies Of World War II The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during the Second World War (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers, led by Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy. Its principal members by 1941 were the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China. Membership in the Allies varied during the course of the war. When the conflict broke out on 1 September 1939, the Allied coalition consisted of the United Kingdom, France, and Poland, as well as their respective dependencies, such as British India. They were soon joined by the independent dominions of the British Commonwealth: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Consequently, the initial alliance resembled that of the First World War. As Axis forces began invading northern Europe and the Balkans, the Allies added the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, and Yugoslavia. The Soviet Union, which initially had a nonaggression pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Borneo Campaign (1945) Order Of Battle This is the complete order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Borneo campaign of 1945. As the campaign was fought in three geographically separate areas and the same air and naval units supported more than one of these battles the order of battle is split into the three areas. Summary order of battle Allied forces General Headquarters South West Pacific Area Allied Land Forces Australian I Corps Australian 7th Division Australian 9th Division Allied Air Forces * Advanced RAAF Command Australian First Tactical Air Force United States Thirteenth Air Force Allied Naval Forces * Seventh Amphibious Force ** Amphibious Group Six Japanese forces Southern Expeditionary Army Group (Saigon) Japanese Seventh Area Army Japanese 37th Army 56th Independent Mixed Brigade (Brunei) 71st Independent Mixed Brigade (Kuching) 25th Independent Mixed Regiment (North Borneo) 455th Independent Infantry Battalion (Balikpapan) 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shigeru Kuroda Shigeru (written: , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , a Japanese architect , a Japanese voice actor , Japanese karateka , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese socialist politician , Japanese painter and printmaker , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese artistic gymnast , Japanese Ainu activist , Japanese baseball player , Japanese rower , a video game designer for Nintendo, notable for creating Mario among many other characters , expert on yokai and creator of the popular manga series ''Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro'', and others , Japanese baseball player , Japanese voice actor , Japanese politician , Japanese karateka , Japanese general , Japanese ice hockey player Shigeru Takashina (1943–2013), Japanese karateka , a Japanese automotive team lead, designer, and engineer at Honda, notable for his work on Honda NSX and Honda S2000 projects , a Japanese film score composer , Japanese diplomat and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Satoshi Makoto is a generally masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings 哲, "intelligent, philosophy, clear" 悟, " bodhi, enlightenment, apprehension" 敏, "quick, sharp" 智, "knowledge, wisdom" 聡, "intelligent, clever, bright" 慧, "bright, intelligent" 訓, "teach, instruct" 諭, "teach, to lead" People with the name , Japanese politician , Japanese surgeon and astronaut , Japanese politician , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese journalist , Japanese voice actor , Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist , Japanese jazz guitarist , Japanese politician , Japanese origami master * Satoshi Kanazawa (born 1962), American-British evolutionary psychologist , Japanese scientist , Japanese linguist , Illustrator , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese baseball player , film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist , Japanese swimmer , Japanese actor , Japanese computer scientist , Japanese actor and voice actor , Japanese journalist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Baba Masao was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding the Japanese ground forces of the Borneo Campaign of 1945 in the closing months of the war. Biography Baba was born in Kumamoto prefecture, as the son of Lieutenant Baba Masayuki, a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, and his wife. He attended military preparatory schools from childhood, starting with the Army Cadet School in Hiroshima, whose curriculum was based on Prussian models. He graduated from the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in December 1912, specializing in cavalry. As a second lieutenant, he was assigned to the IJA 5th Cavalry Regiment. Baba studied as part of the 33rd class of the Army War College, graduating in November 1921. He remained in the cavalry throughout his career, and was attached to the Inspectorate of Cavalry from 1933 to 1935, where he served as an instructor at the cavalry school. In 1935, Baba was promoted to colonel and subsequently given command of the IJA 2nd Cav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Masataka Yamawaki Masataka (written: 昌孝, 雅孝, 雅隆, 正隆, 正孝, 正崇, 正太, 正貴, 正尚, 政孝, 仁崇, 將貴, 昌隆, 真孝 or 真隆) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese voice actor , Japanese shogi player , Japanese rebel , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese announcer, singer and writer , Japanese diplomat , Japanese actor , Japanese musician, composer and singer-songwriter , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese table tennis player , Japanese physician , Japanese baseball player and manager , Japanese chemist , Japanese footballer , Japanese chief executive , Japanese shogi player Masataka Takayama (other) Masataka Takayama may refer to: , Japanese boxer , Japanese photographer {{hndis, Takayama, Masataka ..., multiple people , Japanese businessman , Japanese footballer , Japanese racing driver , Japanese baseball player Fictional characters , a character in the manga series ''Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Toshinari Maeda , was a Japanese general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II. Biography Maeda Toshinari was born the fifth son of the former ''daimyō'' of Nanokaichi Domain in Kozuke province (modern Tomioka city, Gunma Prefecture), Maeda Toshiaki. He was adopted as heir to the main branch of the Maeda clan in 1900. He became marquis and the 16th head of the Maeda clan on 13 June 1900. His childhood name was Shigeru (茂). As was common with sons of the ''kazoku'' aristocracy, he served for a session in the House of Peers in the Japanese Diet in 1910, while pursuing his military education. He graduated from the 23rd class of the Army War College in 1911. He was an outstanding student, and was awarded the Emperor's Sword on graduation. In 1913, he traveled to Germany for further studies, and from there went on to Great Britain. On 7 August 1923, he became a battalion commander in the 4th Regiment of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Surrender Of Japan The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had become incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945—the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter end, Japan's leaders (the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, also known as the "Big Six") were privately making entreaties to the publicly neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace on terms more favorable to the Japanese. While maintaining a sufficient level of diplomatic engagement with the Japanese to give them the impression they might be wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Demobilisation Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and military force will not be necessary. The opposite of demobilization is mobilization. Forceful demobilization of a defeated enemy is called demilitarization. The United Nations defined demobilization as "a multifaceted process that officially certifies an individual's change of status from being a member of a military grouping of some kind to being a civilian". Persons undergoing demobilization are removed from the command and control of their armed force and group and the transformation from a military mindset to that of a civilian begins. Although combatants become civilians when they acquire their official discharge documents the mental connection and formal ties to their military command structure still exist. To prevent soldiers from rejoini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Battle Of North Borneo The Battle of North Borneo took place during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Borneo campaign of the Pacific War, it was fought between 10 June and 15 August 1945 in North Borneo (later known as Sabah). The battle involved a series of amphibious landings by Australian forces on various points on the mainland around Brunei Bay and upon islands situated around the bay. Japanese opposition to the landings was sporadic initially, although as the campaign progressed a number of considerable clashes occurred and both sides suffered significant casualties, although major combat was largely restricted to Labuan and around Beaufort. On the mainland, while Allied conventional operations focused largely on the coastal areas around Brunei Bay, guerrilla forces consisting of Dayak tribesmen and small numbers of Allied personnel from the Services Reconnaissance Department fought an unconventional campaign in the interior. The Allies were success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]