The 4th Cavalry Brigade of the

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 ...

was originally formed April 1, 1909. It was assigned to

Kwantung Army ''Kantō-gun'' , image = Kwantung Army Headquarters.JPG , image_size = 300px , caption = Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking, Manchukuo , dates = Apri ...

in April 1933 as part of the

IJA Cavalry Group The Cavalry Group of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was formed on April 21, 1933, consisting of the IJA 1st Cavalry Brigade and IJA 4th Cavalry Brigade. It was originally assigned to the Kwantung Army. The IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade was added in ...

. It was then assigned to the Cavalry Group to Northern China Area Army, June 1938. On September 5, 1939, 4th Cavalry Brigade was put directly under North China Area Army. Again with the Group, it was assigned to

Mongolia Garrison Army The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. History The Japanese Mongolia Garrison Army was raised on December 27, 1937 as a garrison force in Japanese-dominated Inner Mongolia and adjacent areas of north China. From ...

in February 1939. Assigned to Twelfth Army in December 1942.

Organization

4th Cavalry Brigade * 25th Cavalry Regiment * 26th Cavalry Regiment * Brigade Mounted Artillery Regiment Later additions * Brigade Machinegun unit * Brigade Anti-tank artillery squadron * Brigade Tank unit * Independent Infantry Battalion (motorized) * Independent Engineer Squadron (motorized) * 4th Mounted Artillery Regiment * 72nd Cavalry Regiment

Organization

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