Imperial General Headquarters

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government agency military high command

The Imperial General Headquarters was the highest command authority of Japan’s armed forces during the Empire of Japan, directing military strategy and operations, especially throughout World War II.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters	2
Imperial GHQ	1
Imperial General Headquarters of the Japanese Army	1
Japanese military headquarters in Shanghai	1
大本営	1
軍令部	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ military high command ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Daihonʼei ⓘ Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ surface form: Imperial GHQ
appliesToJurisdiction	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
commanderInChief	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ Russo-Japanese War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	military strategy ⓘ operational command ⓘ war planning ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
hasPart	Army Section ⓘ Supreme War Council of Japan ⓘ surface form: Imperial General Headquarters–Government Liaison Conference Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ⓘ Navy Section ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tokyo ⓘ
inception	1893 ⓘ
legalForm	extra-constitutional body ⓘ
locatedInTime	Meiji period ⓘ Showa era ⓘ surface form: Shōwa period (pre-1945) Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taishō period
locationCountry	Japan ⓘ
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
nativeName	Imperial General Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 大本営
nativeNameLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
notableCommander	Hajime Sugiyama ⓘ Hideki Tojo ⓘ Osami Nagano ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Government of the Empire of Japan
reasonForDissolution	Japanese surrender in World War II ⓘ
replacedBy	General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ surface form: General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
significantEvent	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Manchuria Pacific War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria World War II ⓘ
subordinateTo	Emperor of Japan ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

General Order No. 1 → addressee → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Imperial General Headquarters

Japanese occupation of Shanghai → administrativeCenter → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese military headquarters in Shanghai

Imperial General Headquarters → alsoKnownAs → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial GHQ

Matsui Iwane → associatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Ōyama Iwao → associatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Navy Ministry of Japan → coordinatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → governedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → hasPart → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

General Order No. 1 → implementedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Imperial General Headquarters

Army Minister of Japan → influencedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Itagaki Seishirō → memberOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Yoshijiro Umezu → memberOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → nativeLabel → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: 軍令部

Imperial General Headquarters → nativeName → Imperial General Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 大本営

Yoshijiro Umezu → represented → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial General Headquarters of the Japanese Army

Shigeyoshi Inoue → servedUnder → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

China Expeditionary Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Japanese Central China Area Army commanders → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Japanese China Garrison Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ

Japanese North China Area Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ