Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan

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historical armed forces military of a sovereign state

The Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan were the combined military organizations of imperial Japan, encompassing its army, navy, and air services that played central roles in Japan’s expansion and conflicts up to the end of World War II.

Aliases (11)

Imperial Japanese forces ×10
Imperial Japanese armed forces ×3
Imperial Japanese military ×3
Japanese forces ×2
Armed Forces of the Empire of the Japan ×1
Empire of Japan ×1
Imperial Japan ×1
Imperial Japanese forces during World War II ×1
Imperial Japanese military during World War II ×1
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters ×1
Japanese imperial forces ×1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical armed forces → military of a sovereign state →
allegation	perpetrated crimes against humanity → perpetrated war crimes →
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Japanese armed forces → Japanese imperial forces →
conflict	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Iwo Jima → Battle of Midway → Battle of Okinawa → Battle of the Philippine Sea → Burma Campaign → First Sino-Japanese War → Guadalcanal Campaign → Invasion of Dutch East Indies → Invasion of Hong Kong → Invasion of Manchuria → Invasion of Singapore → Malayan Campaign → Nomonhan Incident → Pacific War → Philippines Campaign (1941–1942) → Philippines Campaign (1944–1945) → Russo-Japanese War → Second Sino-Japanese War → Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → Second World War in Asia → Siberian Intervention → Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) → World War I → World War II →
country	Empire of Japan →
countryServed	Empire of Japan →
disbanded	1945 →
disbandedAfter	Japanese Instrument of Surrender →
doctrine	Bushidō-inspired military ethos →
governedBy	Imperial General Headquarters →
hasPart	Imperial General Headquarters → Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → Imperial Japanese Navy → Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → Ministry of War of Japan → Ministry of the Navy of Japan →
headquartersLocation	Tokyo →
ideology	Japanese imperialism → State Shintō → militarism →
language	Japanese →
legalBasis	Meiji Constitution →
notableCommander	Emperor Hirohito → Hideki Tōjō → Hisaichi Terauchi → Isoroku Yamamoto → Tadamichi Kuribayashi → Tomoyuki Yamashita →
notableEvent	Nanjing Massacre → Unit 731 human experimentation →
occupied	Korea → Manchuria → Pacific Islands → Southeast Asia → Taiwan → parts of China →
replacedBy	Japan Self-Defense Forces →
role	colonial expansion → offensive warfare →
subordinateTo	Emperor of Japan →
timePeriod	Meiji period → Shōwa period (pre-1945) → Taishō period →
usedTactic	kamikaze attacks →
usedWeapon	Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter → Type 38 rifle → Type 99 rifle → Yamato-class battleship →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ogasawara Islands ("Imperial Japanese military during World War II") → Order of the Golden Kite ("Imperial Japanese forces") → Saipan ("Imperial Japanese military") → Seven Lives for the Country ("Imperial Japanese military") →	usedBy
South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War ("Japanese forces") → Tenth Air Force ("Imperial Japanese forces") → USS Hammann (DD-412) ("Empire of Japan") →	opponent
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("Imperial Japanese armed forces") → Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("Japanese imperial forces") →	alsoKnownAs
Naval Battle of Hakodate ("Imperial Japanese forces") → Operation Postern ("Imperial Japanese forces") →	belligerent
Cactus ("Imperial Japanese forces") → Pacific theater commands ("Imperial Japanese armed forces") →	opposedBy
Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy →	partOf
Rikusentai ("Imperial Japanese armed forces") →	allegiance
Benito Mussolini ("Imperial Japan") →	alliedWith
Fort Mills ("Imperial Japanese forces") →	attackedBy
Burma Road ("Japanese forces") →	closedBy
Guadalcanal ("Imperial Japanese forces") →	contestedBy
14th Air Force ("Imperial Japanese forces") →	enemy
Battle of Ambon ("Imperial Japanese forces") →	perpetratorOfAtrocities
Marine Raiders ("Imperial Japanese forces") →	primaryOpponents
Imperial Japanese Army ("Imperial Japanese military") →	serviceBranchOf
Japanese Instrument of Surrender ("Japanese Imperial General Headquarters") →	signedOnBehalfOf
Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Imperial Japanese forces during World War II") →	wasBombedBy