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List Of IJA Mixed Brigades
The Japanese Imperial Army had divisional Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army), mixed brigades, which were the detachment of a brigade from an IJA Infantry Division, infantry division with various divisional support units or units attached from its corps or army. This provided a combined arms force of infantry, artillery, cavalry and other support units. List of Japanese Imperial Army Mixed Brigades *Guards Mixed Brigade *2nd Guards Mixed Brigade (Japan) * 4th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931–1932 * 8th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931–1932 * 14th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931–1932 * 15th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) ** Katayama Detachment – Manchukuo 1939 * 24th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Shanghai 1932 * 33rd Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – China 1933 * 39th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) – Manchuria 1931 * Karafuto Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Imperial 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 of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Later an Inspectorate General of Aviation became the third agency with oversight of the army. During wartime or national emergencies, the nominal command functions of the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters (IGHQ), an ad hoc body consisting of the chief and vice chief of the Army General Staff, the Minister of the Army, the chief and vice chief of the Naval General Staff, the Inspector General of Aviation, and the Inspector General of Military Training. History Origins (1868–1871) In the mid-19th century, Japan had no unified national army and the country was made up of feudal domains (''han'') with the Tokugawa shogunate (''bakufu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33rd Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The Japanese 33rd Mixed Brigade was a military unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. History This Mixed Brigade was a detachment of the IJA 10th Division commanded by Major Gen. Nakamura in the Battle of Rehe The Battle of Rehe (, sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang and an ... in the battle along the Great Wall in 1933.Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981 See also * List of Japanese Mixed Brigades References Japanese World War II brigades {{mil-unit-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese World War II Brigades
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List Of IJA Independent Mixed Brigades
Between 1937 and 1945 the Japanese Imperial Army formed 126 Independent Mixed Brigades (numbered 1–136 with some gaps), typically composed of various units detached from other formations. Some were composed of separate, independent assets (usually Independent Infantry Battalions). These brigades were task organized under unified command and were normally used in support roles, as security, force protection, POW and internment camp guards and labor in occupied territories. An Independent Mixed Brigade had between 5,000 and 11,000 troops. History The first two of these Independent Mixed Brigades formed by the Kwangtung Army in the 1930s were the IJA 1st Independent Mixed Brigade and the IJA 11th Independent Mixed Brigade. Each of these brigades was organized in a unique manner; the 1st was disbanded in 1937 while the 11th was formed into the IJA 26th Division in 1938. Later a series of Independent Mixed Brigades were formed for the purpose of garrisoning the large territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was created 28 February 1945 in Toyohara (later known as Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.) It was a triangular division. The divisional backbone was the Karafuto mixed brigade. Action The ''88th Division'' was assigned to the 5th area army upon formation. With the Soviet invasion of Manchuria plans becoming obvious, the division received an action plan for the expected battle 3 August 1945. The Soviet forces started the attack by shelling Poronaysk (Sisukacho) town 9 August 1945. The division firmly maintained its positions until 15 August 1945. The 125th Infantry Regiment fought off Red Army attacked with particular distinction. Japanese forces lost 568 men killed, and an estimated over one thousand deaths plus several dozens tanks in return. The Japanese defense broke Karafuto Fortress defensive line only after 20 August 1945, when the Red Army landed an additional forces in Kholmsk (Maoka). Althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karafuto Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
Karafuto Prefecture ( ja, 樺太庁, ''Karafuto-chō''; russian: Префектура Карафуто, Prefektura Karafuto), commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a prefecture of Japan located in Sakhalin from 1907 to 1949. Karafuto became territory of the Empire of Japan in 1905 after the Russo-Japanese War when the portion of Sakhalin south of 50°N was ceded from the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Portsmouth. Karafuto was established in 1907 as an external territory until being upgraded to an " Inner Land" of the Japanese metropole in 1943. Ōtomari (Korsakov) was the capital of Karafuto from 1905 to 1908 and Toyohara (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) from 1908 to August 1945 when the Japanese administration ceased to function in the invasion of South Sakhalin by the Soviet Union after the surrender of Japan in World War II. Karafuto Prefecture was de facto replaced with Sakhalin Oblast, although it continued to exist de jure under Japanese law until it was formally abolished as a lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 39th Mixed Brigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that took part in the Spanish Civil War. Throughout the war the brigade was present on the Madrid, Guadalajara and Levante fronts. History The unit was created on November 26, 1936, at the Madrid front, from the "Ferrer", "Toledo", "Sigüenza", "7th Confederate Militias", "Orobón Fernández" and "Juvenil Libertario" battalions of the Palacios Column. Miguel Palacios Martínez was appointed as commander of the 39th Mixed Brigade, with the anarcho-syndicalist Julián Adrados Almazán as political commissar. On December 31, the brigade was assigned to the 5th Division. At that time the unit covered the northwestern sector of the Casa de Campo, on the right wing of the Madrid front — following the Madrid railway line - to the road from Húmera to Aravaca. The 39th MB received reinforcements from the Durruti Column, the brigade being yielded by the "Juvenil Libertario" and "Orobón Femández" battalions. Later, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
The 24th Mixed Brigade was a military unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. History This Mixed Brigade was sent by the 12th Division from Japan to the Battle of Shanghai The Battle of Shanghai () was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) of the Empire of Japan at the beginning of th ... in 1932.Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'', 2 vols.Allentown, PA: 1981 Organization *24th Mixed Brigade – ?, 3,000 troops ** 2nd Battalion / 14th Infantry Regiment ** 1st Battalion / 24th Infantry Regiment ** 1st Battalion / 46th Infantry Regiment ** 1st Battalion / 48th Infantry Regiment ** 1 Squadron Cavalry ** 2nd Battalion / 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment (two Batteries) ** 2nd Company / 18th Engineer Battalion See also * Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army) * List of Japanese Mixed Brigades References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army)
The Mixed Brigade was one of the military units of the Imperial Japanese Army. The IJA had two types of Mixed Brigades. Mixed Brigades The first type was known as Mixed Brigade. This was the detachment of an infantry brigade from an IJA Infantry Division with various Divisional support units or sometimes units attached from its Corps or Army. This provided a combined arms force of infantry, artillery, cavalry and other support units.Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981 Independent Mixed Brigades The second type was the Independent Mixed Brigade. These were detachments made of various units detached from other units or independent support units formed together in a brigade. The first two of these Independent Mixed Brigades, formed by the Kwangtung Army in the 1930s was the IJA 1st Independent Mixed Brigade and the IJA 11th Independent Mixed Brigade. These brigades were organized in unique manners and one of them, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katayama Detachment
The Katayama Detachment was a task force of the 2nd Division of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts of 1939. The detachment fought small actions near Akiyama heights, or Heights 997 during 6–10 September 1939. The 2nd Division, along with the 4th Division, was attached to Sixth Army during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (russian: Бои на Халхин-Голе; mn, Халхын голын байлдаан) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts involving the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Ja ... as reinforcements for a projected counterattack that was canceled when a ceasefire was signed. Component units Katayama Detachment: * 15th Infantry Brigade ** 16th Infantry Regiment ** 30th Infantry Regiment * 1 Field Artillery battalion Sources * Coox, Alvin D. ''Nomonhan, Japan Against Siberia, 1939''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1985. Detachment, Katayama< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the . The 7th Division was formed in Sapporo, Hokkaidō on 12 May 1888, as the first new infantry division formed by the reorganization of the Imperial Japanese Army from six regional commands to a divisional command structure. The reorganization was recommended by Prussian military advisor Jakob Meckel. It was responsible for the defence of Hokkaidō, which it divided into four operational areas (Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa and Kushiro). As one of the projects of the Japanese government was to encourage the settlement of Hokkaidō by ex-soldiers, the 7th Division was over-strength, and contained many soldiers originally from other areas of Japan. The territorial division was converted to a field infantry division on 12 May 1896, in the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War. On 30 October 1901, most of division's units were transferred to Takasu village in Kamikawa (Ishikari) District, Hokkaido, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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