Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces

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Imperial Japanese Navy unit marine corps naval infantry

The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces were elite Imperial Japanese Navy marine units used for amphibious assaults, naval base defense, and brutal occupation operations across East and Southeast Asia during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces	3
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces canonical	2
Imperial Japanese Navy Special Naval Landing Forces	1
Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces on Okinawa	1
Imperial Japanese Navy land forces	1
Imperial Japanese Navy landing forces	1
Japanese Marines	1
Japanese Naval Landing Forces	1
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (as a specific named unit)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy unit ⓘ marine corps ⓘ naval infantry ⓘ
activeDuring	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War II ⓘ
allegedToHaveCommitted	atrocities against civilians ⓘ mistreatment of prisoners of war ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ surface form: Japanese Naval Landing Forces Rikusentai ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
disbanded	1945 ⓘ
disbandedFollowing	Japan’s surrender in World War II ⓘ
engagedIn	amphibious landings ⓘ counter-landing operations ⓘ island defense ⓘ urban combat ⓘ
notableEngagement	Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Aleutian Islands Campaign Battle of Hong Kong ⓘ Battle of Milne Bay ⓘ Battle of Shanghai (1937) ⓘ Battle of Wake Island ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Invasion of the Dutch East Indies Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ surface form: Invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942)
partOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
role	amphibious assault ⓘ garrison duty ⓘ naval base defense ⓘ occupation operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Combined Fleet ⓘ surface form: Combined Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) Navy Ministry of Japan ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Aleutian Islands ⓘ China ⓘ Dutch East Indies ⓘ East Asia ⓘ Guam ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong New Guinea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Wake Island ⓘ
trainingEmphasis	amphibious warfare ⓘ close-quarters combat ⓘ naval infantry tactics ⓘ night operations ⓘ
typeOfUnit	elite infantry ⓘ lightly equipped infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Shanghai (1937) → involvedForce → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces → alsoKnownAs → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Naval Landing Forces

Minoru Ōta → militaryUnit → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces on Okinawa

U.S. Army Americal Division → opponent → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy land forces

Battle of Tulagi → belligerent → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy Special Naval Landing Forces

Allied Land Forces → opponent → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces

Rikusentai → distinctFrom → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (as a specific named unit)

Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade → nickname → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Marines

Battle of Milne Bay → involvedUnit → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

U.S. Sixth Army → primaryAdversary → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces

Australian I Corps → primaryOpponents → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy ground forces

Type 30 bayonet → usedBy → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy landing forces