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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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Imperial General Headquarters canonical 39
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters 2
Imperial GHQ 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 (49)

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

Imperial Japanese Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → hasPart → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → governedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Japanese China Garrison Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Shanghai → administrativeCenter → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese military headquarters in Shanghai
Japanese Central China Area Army commanders → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Yoshijiro Umezu → memberOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Yoshijiro Umezu → represented → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial General Headquarters of the Japanese Army
Army Minister of Japan → influencedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Navy Ministry of Japan → coordinatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Imperial General Headquarters → nativeName → Imperial General Headquarters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 大本営
Imperial General Headquarters → alsoKnownAs → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial GHQ
Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → nativeLabel → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: 軍令部
Japanese North China Area Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Matsui Iwane → associatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Shigeyoshi Inoue → servedUnder → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
General Order No. 1 → addressee → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
General Order No. 1 → implementedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
Itagaki Seishirō → memberOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Ōyama Iwao → associatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
China Expeditionary Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Central District Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Inspector-General of Military Education (Japan) → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Chief of the Imperial General Staff (acting, air representative) → partOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial General Staff
Central China Area Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → reportsTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
梅津 美治郎 → militaryUnit → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
subject surface form: 梅津美治郎
this entity surface form: 参謀本部
Chief of the Army General Staff (Japan) → reportsTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Daihonʼei → alsoKnownAs → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Army Section → partOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Army Section → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Army Section → reportedTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Navy Section → partOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Navy Section → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Vice Chief of the Naval General Staff → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Vice Chief of the Naval General Staff → usedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Southern Expeditionary Army Group → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Japanese 4th Fleet → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial General Headquarters (naval section)
Japanese Karafuto garrison → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
North China Area Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
General (Imperial Japanese Army) → associatedInstitution → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Kantōgun → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Commander of the 3rd Army (Imperial Japanese Army) → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Minister of War → influencedBy → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
subject surface form: Minister of War (Imperial Japan)
Japanese Second Army → subordinateTo → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Yoshijirō Umezu → associatedWith → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Hajime Sugiyama → memberOf → Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ