General Defense Command
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The General Defense Command was a major Imperial Japanese Army headquarters responsible for organizing and directing the defense of the Japanese home islands during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Defense Command canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army command
ⓘ
military headquarters ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
1941
ⓘ
1942 ⓘ 1943 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ 1945 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| dissolvedIn | 1945 ⓘ |
| garrison | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Shōwa era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationServed |
Hokkaido
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honshu NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese home islands ⓘ Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shikoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryFunction |
operational command
ⓘ
strategic defense planning ⓘ |
| notableFor |
centralized control of home island defenses
ⓘ
coordination of air raid warning systems ⓘ coordination of anti-aircraft artillery units ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese home defense system ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
air defense of the Japanese home islands
ⓘ
anti-aircraft defenses ⓘ civil defense coordination ⓘ organization of regional armies for homeland defense ⓘ |
| role |
defense of the Japanese home islands
ⓘ
direction of homeland defense ⓘ organization of homeland defense ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Imperial General Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater |
Japanese home front
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ |
| typeOf | army-level command ⓘ |
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