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code names
A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage. They may also be used in ...
used by the
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...
(IJA) during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
Each ''tsūshōgō'' consisted of a and a . Unit Character Codes typically consisted of one
character, although some units established in the late stages of the war had two-character codes.
Unmobilized units were assigned area codes, such as for those units under the jurisdiction of the
Eastern District Army. Code Numbers were three to five digit long numbers unique to each IJA unit.
For example, the
116th Division was assigned as its Unit Character Code. The tsūshōgō of some of its subordinate units were:
第116師団衛生隊
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* Arashi 6213 - 109th Infantry Regiment
* Arashi 6214 - 133rd Infantry Regiment
* Arashi 6222 - 122nd Field Artillery Regiment
* Arashi 6225 - 116th Construction Regiment
* Arashi 6227 - 116th Transport Regiment
Unit 731
, short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentat ...
is another example of a tsūshōgō. Officially named the , the unit was assigned the code name Manshū 731. was the Unit Character Code assigned to some units of the Kwantung Army.
References
* War History Office of Japan's Ministry of Defense ''戦史叢書 陸海軍年表 付 兵語・用語の解説'', (Senshi Sōshō
Senshi may refer to:
* Senshi (wrestler), American professional wrestler Brandon Silvestry (born 1979)
* Senshi-Con, an American anime convention
* A fictional skilled gunfighter in the manga series ''Grenadier
A grenadier ( , ; derived fr ...
No.102), Tokyo, Asagumo-Shimbun, 1980.
Notes
External links
兵団文字符一覧
- List of Unit Character Codes as of 1945 (Japanese)
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Imperial Japanese Army
Code names