Rikusentai

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Imperial Japanese Navy unit military formation naval infantry unit

Rikusentai were elite Japanese naval infantry units of the Imperial Japanese Navy that conducted amphibious assaults and ground combat operations before and during World War II.

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy unit → military formation → naval infantry unit →
activeDuring	World War II → pre–World War II period →
allegiance	Imperial Japanese armed forces →
conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II →
country	Empire of Japan →
distinctFrom	Imperial Japanese Army infantry → Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (as a specific named unit) →
duty	defense of naval bases → garrison duties in occupied territories → seizing and holding coastal areas →
equipment	light artillery → machine guns → mortars → small arms →
garrison	Japanese naval bases in East Asia → Japanese naval bases in the Pacific →
languageOfName	Japanese →
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy →
militaryFunction	projection of naval power ashore →
notableTheater	China theater of World War II → Pacific War →
opposedBy	British Commonwealth forces → Chinese Nationalist forces → United States Marine Corps →
organizationalControl	Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff →
partOf	Imperial Japanese Navy →
role	amphibious assault → ground combat →
translationOfName	Naval Landing Force →
typeOf	elite infantry → marines →
usedTactics	amphibious landings → light infantry tactics →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces →	alsoKnownAs