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The official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.
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Imperialism
1 linksState policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power , but also soft power (cultural and diplomatic power).
State policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power , but also soft power (cultural and diplomatic power).
Some exceptions of armies that managed to get nearly on par with the European expeditions and standards include the Ethiopian armies at the Battle of Adwa, and the Japanese Imperial Army of Japan, but these still relied heavily on weapons imported from Europe and often on European military advisors.
Fukushima Yasumasa
0 linksBaron Fukushima Yasumasa (福島 安正) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Jakob Meckel
0 linksGeneral in the Prussian army and foreign advisor to the government of Meiji period Japan.
General in the Prussian army and foreign advisor to the government of Meiji period Japan.
After the government of Meiji period Japan decided to model the Imperial Japanese Army after the Prussian army, following the German victory over the French in the Franco-Prussian War, Meckel (with the rank of major at the time) was invited to Japan as a professor at the Army Staff College and as an advisor to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff.
French military mission to Japan (1872–1880)
2 linksThe second French military mission to that country and the first sent by the Third Republic.
The second French military mission to that country and the first sent by the Third Republic.
The task of the mission was to help reorganize the Imperial Japanese Army, and establish the first draft law, enacted in January 1873.
Hokushin-ron
3 linksPre-World War II political doctrine of the Empire of Japan which stated that Manchuria and Siberia were Japan's sphere of interest and that the potential value to Japan for economic and territorial expansion in those areas was greater than elsewhere.
Pre-World War II political doctrine of the Empire of Japan which stated that Manchuria and Siberia were Japan's sphere of interest and that the potential value to Japan for economic and territorial expansion in those areas was greater than elsewhere.
It enjoyed wide support within the Imperial Japanese Army during the interwar period, but was abandoned in 1939 after military defeat on the Mongolian front at the Battles of Khalkhin Gol (known in Japan as the Nomonhan incident) and the signing of Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in 1941.
Mukden Incident
2 linksFalse flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
False flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
The Imperial Japanese Army accused Chinese dissidents of the act and responded with a full invasion that led to the occupation of Manchuria, in which Japan established its puppet state of Manchukuo six months later.
Yui Mitsue
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Yui Mitsue (由比 光衛) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.
French military mission to Japan (1884–1889)
1 linksThe third French military mission to that country and consisted of five men.
The third French military mission to that country and consisted of five men.
It followed two earlier missions, the first French Military Mission to Japan (1867-1868), and the second French Military Mission to Japan (1872-1880), which had a considerable role in shaping the new Imperial Japanese Army.
Tianjin
1 linksMunicipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea.
Municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea.
On June 14, 1939, the Imperial Japanese Army surrounded and blockaded the British concession over the refusal of the British authorities to hand over to the Japanese six Chinese who had assassinated a locally prominent Japanese collaborator, and had taken refuge in the British concession.
Battle of Seonghwan
1 linksThe first major land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War.
The first major land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War.
On 25 July, charged with implementing the Imperial Japanese Army's commission from new Korean government to expel the Chinese Beiyang Army from Korean territory by force, a detachment of the Japanese First Army consisting of 4,000 men and four artillery pieces under command of Major General Ōshima Yoshimasa marched south from Seoul towards the major port city of Asan.