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List Of Army Fortresses In Japan Proper
This is the list of Empire of Japan coastal fortresses in existence during World War II. Fortresses on Japanese archipelago were led by the Commander of the Japanese Metropolitan Fortification System whose headquarters was in Tokyo Bay Fortress. The rest of exterior fortress system in the Provinces was managed in their respective Army or Navy command organizations. Fortresses by location Chishima and Karafuto * Kita Chishima Special Fortress ( 北千島臨時要塞) * Minami Chishima Fortress *Karafuto Fortress Hokkaidō * Soya Special Fortress ( 宗谷臨時要塞) * Hakodate Fortress * Sapporo Fortress East Honshu *Tsugaru Fortress ( 津軽要塞) * Nagano Fortress *Tokyo Bay Fortress ( 東京湾要塞) **Narashino Permanent Fort ( 永久堡塁 (習志野)) *Chichijima Fortress ( 父島要塞) West Honshu and Shikoku * Yura Fortress ( 由良要塞) at Tomogashima *Hiroshima Bay Fortress ( 広島湾要塞 or 呉要塞) - disarmed in 1926 *Genyo Fortress ( 芸予要塞) at Ōk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Nagano Fortress
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Ōkunoshima
is a small island in the Inland Sea of Japan. It is considered to be part of the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is accessible by ferry from Tadanoumi and Ōmishima. There are campsites, walking trails and places of historical interest on the island. It is often called because of the numerous rabbits that roam the island. The rabbits are rather tame and will approach humans. Ōkunoshima played a key role during World War II as a poison gas factory for much of the chemical warfare that was carried out in China. History The island was a cultivated area until the Russo-Japanese War when ten forts were built to protect it. Three fishing families lived on the island. In 1925, the Imperial Japanese Army Institute of Science and Technology initiated a secret program to develop chemical weapons, based on extensive research that showed that chemical weapons were being produced throughout the United States and Europe.Yuki Tanaka. "Poison Gas: The Story Japan Would Like T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshima Bay
is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hiroshima Wan" in . Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The bay's shore is a Ria. Its surface area is about 1,000 km², with a mean depth of 25 meters. Municipalities * Kure, Hiroshima *Saka, Hiroshima *Kaita, Hiroshima *Fuchū, Hiroshima *Hiroshima *Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima * Ōtake, Hiroshima *Etajima, Hiroshima * Waki, Yamaguchi *Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Major rivers * Kyōbashi River * Motoyasu River *Ōta River *Oze River * Tenma River Major islands * Kanawajima * Tōgejima *Ninoshima *Enoshima *Etajima * Ōnasabijima ( Ōnasamitō) * Ogurokamijima * Nomijima ** West Nomijima ** East Nomijima * Ōkurokamishima * Kurahashijima * Nasakejima * Atatajima * Inokojima *Itsukushima *Nagashima * Okinoshima * Kabutojima Trivia Jaco Pastorius once threw his "Bass of Doom" ( Fender Jazz Bass) into the Hiroshima Bay. References Hiroshima is the capital o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomogashima
is a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea, off Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan. The four islands are , , , and . The islands form part of the Setonaikai National Park. History The islands were used by Buddhist monks for Shugendō. The folklore of the region holds that ''Ennogyoja'', the founder of shugendo, underwent training on the steep cliffs of Tomogashima in the seventh to eighth centuries. This gave rise to the nickname of "The island of shugendo (mountain asceticism)" for Tomogashima. Later, during the Meiji period, a brick fort and lighthouse were built. Also during this time gun batteries and other defences, along with various support facilities, were constructed to counter foreign warships. Tomogashima was a critical component of the Shusei Kokubō (守勢国防 - i.e. "Static Defence") policy of the 1870s and 1880s, which emphasised coastal defences. Access to the cluster by the public was strictly prohibited by the Imperial Japanese Army up to the end of World War II. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yura Fortress
200px, ruins of Oishi Battery No.1 thumbnail, 200px, ruins of Miyama Battery was the name of a group of coastal fortifications built to guard the entrance to Osaka Bay and thus the city of Osaka from attack from the sea. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the end of World War II. History After the Meiji restoration, the primary threats to the new Empire of Japan were perceived to be Qing China's Beiyang fleet, followed by the Russian Empire's Pacific Fleet. The Meiji government ordered the construction of a set of coastal fortifications to protect the western entrance to the Seto Inland Sea and the cities of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto starting in 1889. The main facilities were constructed in three groups to block the Kitan Strait, one group on Awaji Island, one group on Tomogashima in the middle of the strait, and one ground around Miyama on the western shore of Kii Peninsula in Wakayama city. A fourth group, the Naruto Fortress, was added to the Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikoku
is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), ''Iyo-shima'' (), and ''Futana-shima'' (), and its current name refers to the four former provinces that made up the island: Awa, Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo. Geography Shikoku Island, comprising Shikoku and its surrounding islets, covers about and consists of four prefectures: Ehime, Kagawa, Kōchi, and Tokushima. Across the Seto Inland Sea lie Wakayama, Osaka, Hyōgo, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefectures on Honshu. To the west lie Ōita and Miyazaki Prefectures on Kyushu. Shikoku is ranked as the 50th largest island by area in the world. Additionally, it is ranked as the 23rd most populated island in the world, with a population density of 193 inhabitants per square kilometre (500/sq mi). Mountains running east and west d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichijima
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