Army Section

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Army Section was the branch of Japan’s Imperial General Headquarters responsible for overseeing and directing the operations of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Label Occurrences
Army Section canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Imperial General Headquarters
military staff section
activeDuring Pacific War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
associatedWithEvent Japanese military campaigns in East Asia
Japanese military campaigns in the Pacific
associatedWithGovernment Imperial Japan
surface form: Government of the Empire of Japan
chainOfCommand below the Emperor and Imperial General Headquarters
commandStructure part of Japan’s highest wartime command system
coordinatedWith Navy Section
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
disestablishedAsResultOf Allied occupation of Japan
surface form: Allied occupation reforms in Japan
dissolved 1945
dissolvedFollowing Japan’s surrender in World War II
documentationLanguage Japanese military staff documents
era Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan (Meiji to Shōwa period)
function operational planning for invasions and defenses
strategic coordination of land forces
governedBy Imperial Japanese Army regulations
hadCounterpart Navy Section
historicalPeriod World War II era
early 20th century
jurisdiction Imperial Japanese Army
location Imperial Palace complex (during wartime)
Tokyo
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
natureOfControl strategic and operational, not tactical
oversaw Imperial Japanese Army
army group and field army commands
army theaters of operations
partOf Imperial General Headquarters
reportedTo Imperial General Headquarters
responsibleFor directing army operations
operational command of the Imperial Japanese Army
planning army operations
strategic planning for land warfare
role formulating army operational policy
issuing operational orders to field armies
overseeing and directing army operations
seatOfAuthority Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo
sphereOfActivity land warfare planning and direction
status defunct organization
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan
Imperial General Headquarters
typeOfOrganization military command and control body
usedLanguage Japanese

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Navy Section parallelTo Army Section