Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army)

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general officer rank military rank

Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) was a high-ranking general officer position in the Imperial Japanese Army, typically commanding corps- or army-level formations and ranking just below full general.

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Label Occurrences
Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) canonical 3
Lieutenant General (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general officer rank ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
abolishedWith dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1945 ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine Imperial Japanese Army doctrine ⓘ
authorityScope operational command of multiple divisions ⓘ
commandLevel operational level ⓘ
commandResponsibility planning and execution of large-scale operations ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
equivalentRank Generalleutnant (German Army) ⓘ
Lieutenant General (British Army) ⓘ
Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Navy) ⓘ
Lieutenant General in the United States Army ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant General (United States Army)
higherRank General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
introducedWith modernization of the Imperial Japanese Army in the late 19th century ⓘ
JapaneseName 中将 (Chūjō) ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
lowerRank Major-General ⓘ
surface form: Major General (Imperial Japanese Army)
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
notableHolder Hitoshi Imamura ⓘ
Kōtoku Satō ⓘ
Masaharu Homma ⓘ
Renya Mutaguchi ⓘ
Seishirō Itagaki ⓘ
Iida Shōjirō ⓘ
surface form: Shōjirō Iida

Tadamichi Kuribayashi ⓘ
Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
partOf Imperial Japanese Army rank structure ⓘ
positionInHierarchy second-highest general officer rank in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
promotionCeiling eligible for promotion to General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
promotionPath promoted from Major General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
rankCategory commissioned officer rank ⓘ
rankGroup general officers ⓘ
rankInsigniaFeature cherry blossom motifs ⓘ
three stars ⓘ
serviceRequirement career officer with extensive field and staff experience ⓘ
successorRankInJapan Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lieutenant General (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
typicalCommand army-level formation ⓘ
corps-level formation ⓘ
typicalRole corps commander ⓘ
field army commander ⓘ
senior staff officer at Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
usedInConflict First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II ⓘ
usedInPeriod Meiji era ⓘ
surface form: Meiji period

Showa era ⓘ
surface form: Shōwa period (pre-1945)

Taisho era ⓘ
surface form: Taishō period

Referenced by (4)

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

Vice Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy) → equivalentTo → Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) → successorRankInJapan → Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant General (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
General (Imperial Japanese Army) → lowerRank → Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
General (Imperial Japanese Army) → typicalPrerequisiteRank → Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ