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Once the Pacific War began, the Imperial Japanese Army quickly captured many critical areas. These included British Malaya, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island. [2] A combination of Japanese naval supremacy and the Allied doctrine of 'Europe first' meant they saw relatively little opposition during this stage of the war – 85% of American resources, [3] and 68% of Army personnel went ...
Army uniforms between 1941 and 1945 (US Army poster) In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army had 51 divisions [46] and various special-purpose artillery, cavalry, anti-aircraft, and armored units with a total of 1,700,000 people.
Spanning from the early 1930s to 1945, Japan employed expansionist policies and aggressive military actions, including the invasion of the Republic of China, and the annexation of French Indochina. In 1941, Japan attempted to improve relations with the United States in order to reopen trade, especially for oil, but was rebuffed.
1940–1945: Japanese home islands Eastern District Army (東部軍, Tobu gun) 1923–1945: Japanese home islands Western District Army (西部軍, Seibu gun) 1937–1945: Japanese home islands Central District Army (中部軍, Chubu gun) 1945-1945: Japanese home islands Shanghai Expeditionary Army (上海派遣軍, Shanhai Haken gun) 1932 ...
Area Army (方面軍 Hōmen-gun 1942–1945 equivalent to the Field Army) – Commanded by a General or Lieutenant-General Army (equivalent to the Corps)- Commanded by a Lieutenant-General Division (~20,000 men) – Consisted of 3 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry regiment, 1 artillery regiment, 1 engineering battalion and 1 army service corps.
Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981; United States War Department (1991) [1944]. Handbook on Japanese Military Forces. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2013-8. The Japanese Mutumi troop encyclopedia 陸 軍 編
On 16 December 1941, Japanese forces landed at Miri, Sarawak having sailed from Cam Ranh Bay in French Indochina. On 1 January 1942, the Japanese navy landed unopposed in Labuan. [4] Another small Japanese forces took possession of the undefended Labuan on 3 January, where they advance further and landed at Mempakul on North Borneo territory. [5]
The 1st and 2nd Battalions and some parts of the 11th Independent Mixed Regiment were moved to Truk due to the food shortage on the island. 335 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers and 211 Imperial Japanese Navy soldiers on the island died of hunger and an illness and 675 IJA soldiers and 32(!) IJN soldiers returned home from the island.