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Parade uniform of Japanese military attaché, Major General Onodera Makoto, 1930s. Resembling the Imperial German Army M1842/M1856 dunkelblau uniform, the Meiji 19 1886 version tunic was the dark blue, single-breasted, had a low standing collar and no pockets.
Operated by the Imperial Japanese Army. Worlds' first Amphibious Assault ships. Shimane Maru-class: Escort carrier: Shimane Maru (1945–1945) 11,989 tonnes Yamashio Maru-class: Escort carrier: Yamashio Maru (1945–1945) 16,119 tonnes Kumano Maru-class: Escort carrier: Kumano Maru (1945–1945) 8,258 tonnes Operated by Imperial Japanese Army.
The following is a list of Japanese military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels, and other support equipment of both the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from operations conducted from start of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the end of World War II in 1945. [1]
Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Army (39 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Imperial Japanese Army" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army were the rank insignia of the Imperial Japanese Army, used from its creation in 1868, until its dissolution in 1945 following the Surrender of Japan in World War II.
Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipment by Tadao Nakata and Thomas B. Nelson; Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Uniforms and Equipments by Lionel Leventhal Limited; United States Army's TM-E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces; Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8.
Comparative military ranks of World War II; List of equipment used in World War II; Imperial Japanese Army Uniforms; United States Army Uniform in World War II; Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1940–1943; Ranks and insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1943–1955
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.