Organization of the
Kwantung Army which was an
army group
An army group is a military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods. It is usually responsible for a particular geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization handled by ...
of the
Imperial Japanese Army of Japan.
The following are commanders and units of the Japanese army which was stationed in the Kwantung peninsula of
Manchuria from 1910 to 1945.
Officers attached to Kwantung Army HQ
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Hatazō Adachi:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung Army
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Kenji Doihara:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung Army (MajGen)
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Kiichiro Higuchi:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung Army (MajGen)
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Harukichi Hyakutake:- Attached to HQ, Kwantung Army
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Masatane Kanda:- Attached to Kwantung Army HQ, Officer, Kwantung Army HQ
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Renya Mutaguchi:- Assigned to Kwantung Army HQ (MajGen)
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Hidemitsu Nakano
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war.
Biography
Nakano was born in Saga Prefecture, where his father was a former samurai retainer to Saga ...
:- HQ, Kwantung Army
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Takuma Shimoyama
Takuma (written: 拓磨, 拓真, 拓馬, 琢磨, 匠馬, 卓磨, 卓真 or 卓馬) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese motorcycle racer
*, Japanes ...
:- Attached to Kwantung Army
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Jun Ushiroku:- Attached to Kwantung Army HQ
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Isamu Yokoyama:- Attached to Kwantung Army HQ
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Shizuo Yokoyama:- (Colonel), assigned to Kwantung Army HQ
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Seishirō Itagaki:- Attached to same army (MajGen)
Kwantung Army Railroad Service Commanders
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Hatazō Adachi:- Commander, Kwantung Army Railroad Command
*Shizuo Yokoyama:- Member, Railway Sector HQ, Kwantung Army, Commander, same Sector HQ
Officers attached to Kwantung Government-General Service
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Sadao Araki:- Officer, Kwantung Government-General
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Koiso Kuniaki:- Army Staff Officer, Kwantung Government
*Jun Ushiroku:- Assigned to Kwantung Government-General
Deputy Chief of Kwantung Army Staff
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Kitsuju Ayabe
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Biography
Early career
Ayabe graduated from the 27th class of the Army Cavalry School in October 1917. On receiving his commission as Second lieutenant, he was posted to the 12th ...
:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army (MajGen)
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Hitoshi Imamura:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Seichiro Itagaki:- Deputy-Chief of Staff, same army
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Yasuji Okamura:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Hitoshi Imamura: Deputy Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, Manchuria
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Kanji Ishiwara
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931.
Early life
Ishiwara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Pref ...
: Deputy Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, Manchuria
Chiefs of Kwantung Army Staff
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Hikosaburo Hata: Chief of Staff Kwantung Army, Manchuria
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Heitarō Kimura:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Jo Iimura:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Kanji Ishiwara
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931.
Early life
Ishiwara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Pref ...
:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Koiso Kuniaki:- General, Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Toshizō Nishio
was a Japanese general, considered to be one of the Imperial Japanese Army's most successful and ablest strategists during the Second Sino-Japanese War, who commanded the Japanese Second Army during the first years after the Marco Polo Bridge In ...
:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Rensuke Isogaya:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
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Hideki Tōjō:- Chief of Staff, Kwantung Army
Members of Kwantung Army Staff
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Kitsuju Ayabe
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Biography
Early career
Ayabe graduated from the 27th class of the Army Cavalry School in October 1917. On receiving his commission as Second lieutenant, he was posted to the 12th ...
:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army, engaged in Chahar area operation
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Takushiro Hattori:- Staff Officer (Operations), Kwantung Army Headquarters (LtCol)
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Kanji Ishiwara
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931.
Early life
Ishiwara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Pref ...
:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Seishirō Itagaki:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Torashirō Kawabe:- Staff Officer (Operations; Intelligence), Kwantung Army
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Seiichi Kita:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Takeshi Mori:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Akira Mutō
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was convicted of Japanese war crimes, war crimes and was executed by hanging. Mutō was implicated in both the Nanjing Massacre and the Manila massacre.
Biography
Mutō was a ...
:- staff officer, Kwantung Army
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Sōsaku Suzuki:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Sinichi Tanaka:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Kioji Tominaga:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
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Masanobu Tsuji:- Staff Officer (Operations), Kwantung Army (Major), during
Nomonhan Incident
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Rikichi Tsukada:- Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
Kwantung Army Commanders (regular Army)
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Kōtoku Satō
was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Biography Early career
Satō was born in Yamagata prefecture and attended military preparatory school in Sendai. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 ...
:- during Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar). Then a Major General, he replaced the wounded commanding general of the 23rd Infantry' Group on the Nomonhan battle front
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Michitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of 23d Division, and Japanese Commander in Nomonhan Incident
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Kitsuju Ayabe
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Biography
Early career
Ayabe graduated from the 27th class of the Army Cavalry School in October 1917. On receiving his commission as Second lieutenant, he was posted to the 12th ...
:- Chief of Staff, First Area Army (Manchuria), Kwantung Army, North China Detachment, Staff Officer, Third Army (Manchuria)
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Jo Iimura:- Commanding General, Fifth Army (Manchuria)
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Kenzo Kitano
is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*賢三, "wise, three"
*健三, "healthy, three"
*謙三, "humble, three"
*健想, "healthy, concept"
*建造, "bu ...
:- Hunchun Garrison Commander (Manchuria)
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Seiichi Kita:- Commanding General, First Area Army (Manchuria)
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Masutaro Nakai
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war. He led a brigade-sized formation, known as the Nakai Detachment, which had been detached from the 20th D ...
:- Commander assigned to Manchuria Independent Garrison Unit
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Korechika Anami:- Second Area Army Commander (Tsitsihar, Manchuria)
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Nobuyoshi Obata:- Chief of Staff, Forty-fourth Army (Manchuria)
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Jun Ushiroku:- Third Area Army Commander, Manchuria
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Otozō Yamada:- 12th Division Commander (Tungning, Manchuria), Commanding General, Third Army (Mutanchiang, Manchuria)
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Isamu Chō
was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army known for his support of ultranationalist politics and involvement in a number of attempted coup d'états in pre-World War II Japan.
Biography
Chō was a native of Fukuoka prefecture. He graduated ...
: Commanding Officer 74th Regiment, Manchuria
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Noritsune Shimizu:- Lieutenant General, commander of Fifth Army (Mutanchiang)
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Keisaku Murakami:- Commander in Third Army (Yenchi)
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Mikio Uemura:- Chief in Fourth Army (Tsitsihar)
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Shōjirō Iida:- Commander of Thirtieth Army (Hsinking)
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Yoshio Hongo
Yoshio is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Yoshio can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義雄, "justice, masculine"
*義男, "justice, man ...
:- Forty-Four Army (Liaoyuan)
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Kioji Tominaga:- 139th Division Commander (organized in Manchuria)
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
was a Japanese officer and convicted war criminal, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering ...
:- Led First Area Army (with HQ in Mutanchiang)
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Yoshio Kozuki:- Commanded Second Army (Yenchi)
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Jo Iimura: General Officer Commanding 5th Army, Manchuria
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Shin Yoshida
Shin may refer to:
Biology
* The front part of the human leg below the knee
* Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates
Names
* Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese g ...
:- Led Mechanized Army with HQ in Ssupingchieh
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Kitsuju Ayabe
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Biography
Early career
Ayabe graduated from the 27th class of the Army Cavalry School in October 1917. On receiving his commission as Second lieutenant, he was posted to the 12th ...
: Deputy Chief of Staff 3rd Army, Manchuria, Chief of Staff Kwantung Army and Chief of Staff 1st Area Army, Manchuria
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Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 30th Army, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 20th Army, Manchuria
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Masaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 8th Division, Manchuria
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Tamio Iwasaki: General Officer Commanding 111th Division, Manchuria
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Torajiro Iwai: General Officer Commanding 108th Division, Manchuria
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Sadao Inoue: General Officer Commanding 14th Division, Manchuria
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Shunkichi Ikeda: General Officer Commanding 35th Division, Manchuria
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Yoshio Hongo
Yoshio is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Yoshio can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義雄, "justice, masculine"
*義男, "justice, man ...
: General Officer Commanding 62nd Division, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 44th Army, Manchuria
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Hidezo Hitomi: General Officer Commanding 12th Division, Manchuria
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Mamoru Hara: General Officer Commanding 9th Division, Manchuria
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Koichi Abe
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Ae was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on April 15, 1976. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka in 1999. He also played for Avispa Fukuoka (April - Septem ...
: General Officer Commanding 107th Division, Manchuria
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Shojikiro Amaya: General Officer Commanding 40th Division, Manchuria
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Tatsumi Amamiya Tatsumi is a Japanese name. It may refer to:
People
Surname
*Daiyū Tatsumi (born 1940), Japanese former sumo wrestler
* Juri Tatsumi (born 1979), Japanese synchronised swimmer
* Naofumi Tatsumi (1845–1907), Japanese general of the Imperial Army ...
: General Officer Commanding 24th Division, Manchuria
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Keiichi Arikawa: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 62nd Division, Manchuria
Kwantung Army Commander of Engineer Unit
*Shozo Hirano: Commanding Officer 2nd Engineer Unit, Manchuria
Commander of 1st Special Tank Company in Harbin (1932) and Jehol (1933)
*Captain Hyakutake:- Commander of 1st Special Tank Company during Harbin fight (
Manchurian Incident) in 1932 and Jehol battle in 1933.
Commander of Yasuoka Task Force (armored group) in Nomonhan Incident (1939)
*Yasuoka Masaomi:- Commander of Yasuoka Task Force. Between your units stayed the 3rd Tank Regiment, led by
Colonel Yoshimaru and 4th Tank Regiment led for
Colonel Tamada
Commander of 2nd Tank Group (Division) (Manchukuo)
*Tasuku Okada:- Commander, 2nd Tank Group (Division) "Geki", Manchukuo
Commander of 1st Tank Brigade and 1st Armored Division
*Koreo Hosomi: Commanding Officer 1st Tank Brigade, Manchuria
*Toshimoto Hoshinato: General Officer Commanding 1st Armored Division, Manchuria
Commander of 1st Garrison Unit of Kwantung Army
*Yoshio Ishino: Commanding Officer 1st Garrison Unit, Manchuria
Chief of Staff, Kwantung Defense Army
*Nobuyoshi Obata:- Kwantung Army, Chief of Staff, Kwantung Defense Army
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
was a Japanese officer and convicted war criminal, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquering ...
:- Commanding General, Kwantung Army Defense Army
*Nobuyushi Muto: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army Defense Army
Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief
*Yoshinori Shirakawa: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
*Kenachi Ueda: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
*Taka Hishikari: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
*Shigeru Honjō:- Commander of Kwantung Army
*Yoshitake Muraoka:- Commander of Kwantung Army
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Nobuyushi Muto: Commander in Chief Kwantung Army
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Senjuro Hayashi:- Commander of Kwantung Army
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Jirō Minami:- Commanding General, Kwantung Army
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Koiso Kuniaki:- Commander of Kwantung Army
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Kenkichi Ueda:- Commander of Kwantung Army
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Yoshijirō Umezu:- Commanding General, Kwantung Army, Commander-in-Chief, same army
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Otozō Yamada:- Commander-in-Chief, Kwantung Army
Kwantung Army Commander of Port Arthur
*Saburo Ando: Commandant of Port Arthur
Quartermaster-General Kwantung Army
*Lieutenant-General Furuno: Quartermaster-General Kwantung Army, Manchuria
Commander of Kempeitai units, Kwantung Army
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Keisuke Fujie:- Chief, General Affairs Bureau, Military Police, HQ, Kwantung Army, Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police
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Shizuichi Tanaka:- Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police Units
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Hideki Tōjō:- Commanding General, Military Police, Kwantung Army
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Saburo Shimomura:- General of Japanese Gendarmerie section, Kempeitai detachment in Hsinking
Kwantung Army Chief of Manchu Secret Police
*Toranosuke Hashimoto: Commanding Officer Manchu Secret Police, Hsinking, Manchuria (as branch of Kempeitain Intelligence in Manchukuo)
Kwantung Army experts in Strike South planning
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Yoshihide Hayashi, Chief of Staff Unit 82 (Strike South planning), Manchuria
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Isamu Chō
was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army known for his support of ultranationalist politics and involvement in a number of attempted coup d'états in pre-World War II Japan.
Biography
Chō was a native of Fukuoka prefecture. He graduated ...
, Vice Chief of Staff Unit 82 (Strike South planning), Manchuria
Commander in Kwantung Special Intelligence Service
*Prince
Tsuneyoshi Takeda
was the second and last heir of the Takeda-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family.
Biography Early life
Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940), the ...
:- Occult Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Secret Services in Manchukuo; also Imperial Family Liaison with Kwantung Army and Kempeitai Intelligence Services in land
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Torashirō Kawabe:- Staff Officer (Operations; Intelligence), Kwantung Army
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Kingoro Hashimoto
was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician. He was famous for having twice tried to stage a coup against the civilian government in the 1930s.
Early career
Hashimoto was born in Okayama City, and a graduate of the 23rd class o ...
:- Chief, Special Service Agency, Hailar, Kwantung Army
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Michitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of the Special Service Agency at Harbin, Kwantung Army
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Koiso Kuniaki:- concurrently Chief, Special Service Department, Kwantun Army
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Nobuyoshi Obata:- Chief, Harbin Special Intelligence Agency, Kwantung Army
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Tadashi Hanaya: Head of Special Services Agency Kwantung Army
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Seikichi Hyakatuke: Head Harbin Special Services Agency, Manchuria
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Kenji Doihara: Head Special Service Agency Kwantung Army
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Shun Akifusa Chief of military Mission in Harbin and political adviser to the white Russian political groups in same city
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Genzo Yanagita head of the Japanese military mission in Harbin
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Kenji Ishikawa
is a Japanese former swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay with a final rank of fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international mult ...
head of a sabotage group of that mission
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Yutaka Takeoka intelligence officer and head of the Dairen military mission
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Saburo Asada head of the 2nd (Intelligence) department of the staff of the Kwantung Army
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Tamaki Kumazaki Tamaki may refer to:
New Zealand
*Tāmaki, a suburb of Auckland to the west of the Tamaki River
*Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate), in Auckland
*East Tāmaki, a suburb of Auckland to the east of the Tamaki River
*Tamaki River, in Auckland
* Tamaki S ...
deputy chief of intelligence of Kwantung Army
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Hiroki Nohara deputy chief of Kwantung Army Intelligence
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Yoshio Itagaki deputy chief of Kwantung Army Intelligence and son of Seishiro Itagaki, war minister from 1938–1939
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Norihiro Yasue, Army officer, author of the Fugu Plan
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Koreshige Inuzuka
Captain was the head of the Japanese Imperial Navy's Advisory Bureau on Jewish Affairs from March 1939 until April 1942. Unlike his Imperial Japanese Army counterpart, Colonel Yasue Norihiro, he believed strongly in the ''Protocols of the Elders ...
, Navy officer, co-author of the Fugu Plan
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Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky, White Russian anticommunist leader
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General Kislitsin, another White Russian anticommunist chief
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Genrikh Lyushkov, ex-Soviet Far East NKVD defector, adviser to Kwantung Army
Commanders of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service forces in the Kwantung Army
*Torashirō Kawabe:- Commanding General, 7th Air Brigade (Manchuria), Commanding General,
Second Air Army (Manchuria)
*Captain Kamata:- commander of Kwantung Army Hane Air Unit
Air Squadrons of Kwantung Army and Manchukuoan Air Force
Kwantung Army Air units
*2nd Air Division
*2nd Air Brigade
*8th Air Brigade
*9th Air Brigade
*13th Air Brigade
*29th Air Brigade
*28th Independent Regiment
Combat Units
*15th Sentai
*104th Sentai
*25th Sentai
*81st Sentai
*Hane Air Unit
*5th Sentai (with base in Hopei, fighting against Soviets probably in Chahar, Mengjiang area)
Training Units (also was operative used in combat)
*101st Sentai
*4th Sentai
*13th Sentai
*22nd Sentai
*23rd Sentai
*26th Sentai
*42nd Sentai
*24th Sentai
*5th Sentai
Manchoukouan Air Units
*1st Air Group
*2nd Air Group
*3rd Air Group
*Training Air Group
Chief and Instructors in Kwantung Army Training Schools
*Kenzo Kitano:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army School (Manchuria)
*Kioji Tominaga:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army Tank School (Manchuria)
Operative units in Kwantung Army Training Schools
*1st Tank Army (Main Tank instruction unit)
*23rd Tank Regiment (Practice Tank unit)
*24th Tank Regiment (Practice Tank unit)
Japanese Official Ambassador to Manchukuo
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Jirō Minami:- Kwantung Army - concurrently Ambassador to Manchukuo
*Taka Hishikari:- Kwantung Army - Ambassador to Manchukuo
*Tadashi Hanaya:- Head, Japanese Military Mission Manchukuo
*Shun Akifusa:- Head, Harbin Military Mission
Adviser in Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau
*Takuma Shimoyama:-Headquarters-Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau
Officers in Kwantung Frontier Guards detachment
*Shun Akifusa: Commanding Officer 4th Border Garrison Unit Manchuria
*N.Imoto:- Kwantung Army Frontier Guard officer in service in Hiriyahari detachment HQ, no far less of frontier point N°25 in upper lands of Usachi River, in front at Komissarsky, in Soviet Side, Manchu-Russian frontier
*Captain Ohki:- Commander, Artillery Unit/15th Border Guard Unit in Kotou Fortress located near Ussuri River in the Soviet-Manchurian border
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Kōtoku Satō
was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Biography Early career
Satō was born in Yamagata prefecture and attended military preparatory school in Sendai. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 ...
:- During Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar, Hsingan)
*Ilasebe Riei:- Commander, 8th Border Guards unit
Participants in Changkufeng Incident (1938)
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Kōtoku Satō
was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Biography Early career
Satō was born in Yamagata prefecture and attended military preparatory school in Sendai. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 ...
COL - During the Changkufeng Incident in 1938, commanded the 75th Infantry Regiment
Participants in Nomonhan Incident (1939)
*Aoyagi Kinichiro CPT - Commander, 5th Company, 2/28th Battalion
*Azuma Shoji LTC - Acting Commander, 71st Infantry Regiment
*Azuma Yaozo LTC - Commander, Reconnaissance Element, 23d Division
*Ilasebe Riei COL - Commander, 8th Border Guards
*Hattori Takushiro LTC - Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
*Kajikawa Romiji MAJ - Commander, 2/28th Battalion
*Komatsubara Michitaro LTG - Commander, 23rd Infantry Division
*Morita Tetsuji COL - Commander, 71st Infantry Regiment
*Muranaka Shoichi 1LT - Aide-de-camp, Commander, 2/28th Battalion
*Nagano Eizo COL - Commander, 71st Infantry Regiment
*Nakano Tomizo 2LT - Commander, 1st Platoon, 6th Company, 2/28th Bn
*Nishinome Shogoro 2LT - Commander, 2nd Platoon, 6th Company, 2/28th Bn
*Ogisu Rippei LTG - Commander, 6th Army
*Sadakaji Tetsuo 1LT - Commander, Machine Can Company, 2/28th Btn
*Saito Kiyokichi 1LT - Commander, 7th Company, 2/28th Btn
*Sano Shoji 2LT - Commander, id Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th Btn
*Sawada Tetsuro 1LT - Commander, Weapons Platoon, 5th Company, 2/ 28th
*Sumi Shinichiro COL - Commander, 26th Infantry Regiment Relieved
*Suzuki Katsushi 2LT - Commander, 3rd Platoon, 7th Company, 2/28th Ed
*Tahara Tamotsu 2LT - Commander, 1st Platoon, 5th Company, 2/28th Bn
*Tokushima Masao 2LT - Commander, 2nd Platoon, 7th Company, 2/28th Bn
*Tsuji Kiichi CPT - Commander, 6th Company, 2/28th Bn
*Tsuji Masanobu MAJ - Staff Officer, Kwantung Army
*Ueda Kenachi GEN - Commander, Kwantung Army
*Yamagata Takemitsu COL - Commander, 64th Infantry Regiment
*Yasuoka Masaomi LTG - Commander, Yasuoka Task Force
*Colonel Yoshimaru - Commander of 3rd Tank Regiment, in the Yasuoka Task Force
*Colonel Tamada - Commander of 4th Tank Regiment in the Yasuoka Task Force
*Col. Ise - Commander of 13th Field Artillery Regiment
*Major Gen. Hata - Commander of 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQ
*Col. Mishima - Commander of 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment
*Col. Takatsukasa - Commander of 7th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment
*Lt. Col. Someya - Commander of Muling Heavy Artillery Regiment
*Col. Miyao - Commander of 1st Independent Field Artillery Regiment
*1st Lt. Hitoshi Asano - twenty-two-victory IJAAF air ace against the Russians in Nomonhan
Organization of Manchukuoan Fortresses
Referring to defensive fortifications on the Russian-Manchu frontier line, this organization was led from Hsinking Fortress Command in the Manchoukoan capital, under the command of the Kwantung Army Commander.
The Kwantung Army laid plans for a border defense system in 1934, but construction work did not begin until 1935. During the early period (to 1938), four zones were fortified in East Manchuria, plus three in the north and one in the west.
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Manchouli fortified district
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Kotou
A kowtow is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground. In Sinospheric culture, the kowtow is the highest sign of reverence. It was widely used to show reverenc ...
fortified district
*Fuyuan fortified district
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Sungari fortified district and Japanese Army Sungari Flotilla
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Hsinking fortified district/defense center
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Tuntsiang defense center
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Futsing fortified district with five permanent emplacements, a munitions depot and six mortar batteries
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Sun’u fortified district with 20,000 Japanese officers and soldiers
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Sanjiang fortified district
Kwantung Fortifications
These fortresses were in direct command of the Kwantung Army in the territory; also included
Japanese Navy
, abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN ...
detachments in Dairen and Ryojun naval bases.
*Port Arthur fortified district (now
Liaoshun)
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Dairen fortified district (now Dalian)
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Ryojun fortified district (now Lushun)
Japanese Navy detachments in Kwantung Area
Ryojun Naval Station (Kwantung)
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H.Ukita Commander of
Ryojun Naval Guard District and Station; also the
Japanese Navy
, abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN ...
's highest authority in Kwantung area, responsible for these units:
**Ryojun Naval Base HQ
**Ryojun Signal Unit
**Ryojun Base Defense Unit
**Ryojun Base Military Police
**Ryojun Naval Barracks Service
**Ryojun Port Duty Unit
50th Minesweeper Division (Ryojun)
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R.Kurosaki Commander of 50th Minesweeper Division (Ryojun); under his leadership were these units:
**Shanan Maru N 16
**? Maru
Commanders and members of Unit 731
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Shiro Ishii:-was founder of
Unit 731 in Manchukuo
*Ryoichi Naito
*Masaji Kitano
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Yoshio Shinozuka
*Barone Ottavio
Commander and members of Unit 100
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Yujiro Wakamatsu:-commander of
Unit 100 in Changchung
*Kazuo Mitomo
*Officer Matsui
*Officer Hirazakura
*Officer Kuwabara
Others similar units under Japanese Army Command
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Unit 516
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Unit 1855
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Unit 2646
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Unit 8604
Unit 8604 (), also known as Detachment 8604, Detachment Nami or Detachment Nami 8604, was the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department unit of the Japanese Southern China Area Army. It secretly researched biological warfare and other ...
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Unit 9420
Unit Oka 9420 was the central Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group of the Imperial Japanese Army. Formed in 1942 to support the Japanese Southern Army, Unit 9420 consisted of two units; t ...
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Unit Ei 1644
Operative units in Kwangtung Theatre Army
January 1937 to July 1937:
* 1st, 2nd, 4th, 12th Divisions
* 1st, 11th Independent Mixed Brigades
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Independent Garrisons
* the
Cavalry Group
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IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade
3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was formed on April 1, 1909.
Organization
The 3rd Cavalry brigade comprises
* 23rd Cavalry regiment
* 24th Cavalry regiment
* 3rd Horse artillery regiment
* Brigade machine-gun unit
* Brigade an ...
* Kwangtung Army Flight Group
** 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th Air Regiments
Direct Reporting Units
*10th Infantry Division
*28th Infantry Division
*29th Infantry Division
*23rd Tank Regiment
*Botanko Artillery Regiment
*3rd Signal Regiment
*Kwangtung Air Brigade
3rd Army
*9th Infantry Division
*12th Infantry Division
*57th Infantry Division
*1st Tank Brigade
*7th Artillery Command
*5th Separate Engineer Regiment
*9th Separate Engineer Regiment
*27th Separate Engineer Regiment
*33rd Truck Brigade
*49th Truck Brigade
*66th Truck Brigade
*67th Truck Brigade
4th Army
*1st Infantry Division
*44th Truck Brigade
*68th Truck Brigade
*5th Army
*11th Infantry Division
*24th Infantry Division
*2nd Armored Brigade
*8th Artillery Brigade
*7th Separate Engineer Regiment
*22nd Separate Engineer Regiment
*23rd Separate Engineer Regiment
*69th Truck Regiment
*70th Truck Regiment
6th Army
*14th Infantry Division
*23rd Infantry Division
*4th Signal Regiment
*47th Truck Brigade
*20th Army
*8th Infantry Division
*25th Infantry Division
*5th Artillery Brigade
*34th Truck Brigade
*64th Truck Brigade
1st Armored Group (Division)
*Nickname: "Taku" (Development)
Formed in December 1941 in Poli, Manchuria. Renamed a Division in June 1942.
*1st Tank Regiment
*3rd Tank Regiment
*5th Tank Regiment
*9th Tank Regiment
2nd Armored Group (Division)
*Nickname: "Geki" (Hit)
Formed in December 1941 in Mutangchiang, Manchuria. Renamed a Division in June 1942.
*6th Tank Regiment
*7th Tank Regiment
*10th Tank Regiment
*11th Tank Regiment
References
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Imperial Japanese Army