There were two 11th Independent Mixed Brigades in 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 o ...

The original 11th IMB

The order of battle of the first 11th Independent Mixed Brigade in July 1937: 11th Independent Mixed Brigade * 11th Independent Infantry Regiment * 12th Independent Infantry Regiment * 11th Independent Cavalry Company * 11th Independent Field Artillery Regiment * 12th Independent Mountain Gun Regiment * 11th Independent Engineer Company * 11th Independent Transport Company This unit was involved in the

Operation Chahar Operation Chahar ( ja, チャハル作戦, Chaharu Sakusen), known in Chinese as the Nankou Campaign (), occurred in August 1937, following the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin at the beginning of Second Sino-Japanese War. This was the second attack b ...

and

Battle of Taiyuan The Japanese offensive called 太原作戦 or the Battle of Taiyuan was a major battle fought in 1937 between China and Japan named for Taiyuan (the capital of Shanxi province), which lay in the 2nd Military Region. The battle concluded in a v ...

in 1937, but soon after was recalled to

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China, Manchuria from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 afte ...

where it was formed into the

IJA 26th Division The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . The ''26th Division'' was raised 30 September 1937 out of the three independent infantry regiments from the original 11th Independent Mixed Brigade and reserve ...

The 11th IMB (1939-1945)

The order of battle of the second 11th Independent Mixed Brigade, which was formed in 1939, for garrison duties in China: 11th Independent Mixed Brigade * 46th Infantry Battalion * 47th Infantry Battalion * 48th Infantry Battalion * 49th Infantry Battalion * 50th Infantry Battalion * 11th IMB Artillery Battalion * 11th IMB Engineer Company * 11th IMB Light Antiaircraft Company * 11th IMB Signal Unit The brigade was in the

Battle of West Henan–North Hubei The Battle of West Henan–North Hubei () was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was fought in March–May 1945 in northern Hubei and we ...

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Independent Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army) Military units and formations established in 1936 Military units and formations disestablished in 1937 Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 1936 establishments in Japan 1937 disestablishments in Japan 1939 establishments in Japan 1945 disestablishments in Japan {{WWII-stub

The original 11th IMB

The 11th IMB (1939-1945)

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