Imperial Japanese Army

E6581

army military branch

The Imperial Japanese Army was the ground-based military force of the Empire of Japan, playing a central role in Japan’s expansion and major conflicts across East Asia and the Pacific during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including World War II.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Japanese Army canonical	731
大日本帝国陸軍	8
Japanese Army	5
Imperial Japanese Army ground forces	4
Imperial Japanese Army officer corps	3
Japanese Imperial Army	3
Imperial Japanese Army officers	2
IJA	1
Imperial Japanese Army (wartime)	1
Imperial Japanese Army command structure	1
Imperial Japanese Army during World War II	1
Imperial Japanese Army infantry	1
Imperial Japanese Army landing forces	1
Imperial Japanese Army leadership	1
Imperial Japanese Army order of battle	1
Imperial Japanese forces	1
Imperial Japanese infantry	1
Imperial Japanese military authorities	1
Japanese Imperial Army (as military advisor)	1
Japanese Imperial Army (later in story)	1
Japanese military police (Kempeitai)	1
日本帝国陆军	1
日本陸軍	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ military branch ⓘ
abolishedBy	General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation authorities
allegiance	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
conflict	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Bataan ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Imphal Nomonhan Incident ⓘ surface form: Battle of Nomonhan Battle of Okinawa ⓘ Battle of Singapore ⓘ First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Manchuria Pacific War ⓘ Russo-Japanese War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Nomonhan Incident ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese border conflicts World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
doctrine	Bushido-influenced military ethos ⓘ
era	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji period Showa era ⓘ surface form: Shōwa period Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taishō period
garrison	Tokyo ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tokyo ⓘ
inception	1871 ⓘ
involvedIn	Bataan Death March ⓘ Nanjing Massacre ⓘ Unit 731 human experimentation ⓘ
legalBasis	Meiji Constitution ⓘ
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
motto	Seven Lives for the Country ⓘ
nativeName	大日本帝國陸軍 ⓘ
notableCommander	Anami Korechika ⓘ Ishiwara Kanji ⓘ Itagaki Seishirō ⓘ Matsui Iwane ⓘ Mutaguchi Renya ⓘ Hideki Tojo ⓘ surface form: Tōjō Hideki Yamagata Aritomo ⓘ Yamashita Tomoyuki ⓘ
opposedBy	British Army ⓘ Chinese Communist Party forces ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist forces Guomin Gemingjun ⓘ surface form: Chinese National Revolutionary Army Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Red Army United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
peakPersonnelStrength	over 6,000,000 ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
primaryTheater	East Asia ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Pacific Southeast Asia ⓘ
role	land warfare ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese military
shortName	Imperial Japanese Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IJA
subordinateTo	Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
successor	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ
symbol	Rising Sun flag with rays ⓘ
trainingInfluence	French Army ⓘ Prussian Army ⓘ
typeOfWarfarePracticed	amphibious operations ⓘ jungle warfare ⓘ total war ⓘ
usedScript	Kanji ⓘ

Referenced by (772)

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

Battle of Guadalcanal → notableUnit → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Okinawa → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Iwo Jima → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Chinese Communist Party forces → opposedTo → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Marco Polo Bridge Incident → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Shanghai (1937) → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Meiji era → militaryOrganization → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Interwar period → significantOrganization → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → involves → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Singapore → captor → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Harukichi Hyakutake → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Wuhan campaign → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Nanjing Massacre → perpetrator → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Changsha → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Hong Kong → attacker → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Henderson Field → controlledBy → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → partOf → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → serviceBranch → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) → opponent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

Second United Front → opponent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army → foughtAgainst → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army → shortName → Imperial Japanese Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: IJA

Battle of Taierzhuang → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Saipan → militaryBranchInvolved → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

First Sino-Japanese War → involvedForce → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Xuzhou → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Xuzhou → offensiveActionBy → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Tarawa → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Order of the Golden Kite → awardingBody → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Tomoyuki Yamashita → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → hasPart → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Japanese China Garrison Army → partOf → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin → combatant → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Chinese 88th Division → opponent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → partOf → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Dutch East Indies campaign → capturedBy → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Changde → belligerent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army → opponent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Manchuria → participant → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Mitsuru Ushijima → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of the Pockets → hasParticipant → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Battle of Guangzhou → involved → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

New Fourth Army → opponent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Isamu Chō → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

China Theater → involvedForce → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Operation Ichi-Go → commandedBy → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Japanese Kwantung Army → partOf → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Hideki Tojo → militaryBranch → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

V-J Day → hasToDoWith → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ

Chindits → primaryOpponent → Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ