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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
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.
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. The officer rank names were used for both the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy, the only distinction being the placement of ...
Kokumin-fuku. The kokumin-fuku (国民服, lit. ' national uniform ') was the European-style men's civil uniform introduced in Japan in 1940 during World War II. [1] [2] A similar-looking uniform was earlier introduced in Manchuria and was known as kyowa-fuku (協和服) or kai-fuku (会服).
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.
Given the great variety in Japanese armour, sashimono were used to provide a kind of "uniform" to armies. Sashimono typically came in either square or short rectangular forms, although many variations existed. A variation that is often bigger and coloured is the uma-jirushi, which were large, personalized, sashimono-like flags worn by commanders.
Japanese military personnel killed in World War II (3 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Japanese military personnel of World War II" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The Imperial Japanese Army [a] (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.Forming one of the military branches of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF), it was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Army Ministry, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan, the supreme commander of IJAF.