The IJA Amphibious Brigades (海上機動旅団, Kaijō kidō ryōdan) were marines brigades of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. They were established...

Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Amphibious Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army) Special Boarding Unit Maritime Inspection...

Japanese Army Amphibious Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army), Japanese Army units formed in 1943 and 1944 Western Army Infantry Regiment, amphibious force of...

the Imperial Japanese Army. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the basic structure of the Imperial Japanese Army was as follows: Imperial Army (~230...

medium truck Amphibious Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army) – Historical army units Imperial Japanese Marines – Historical navy units "Japan's ARDB: The marine...

the Pacific War in 1945 with Japan accepting the Potsdam Declaration, the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy were dismantled by the orders...

The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January...

Malaya (25th Army). A total of 5.473 million men served in the Imperial Japanese Army. Japanese troops suffered from a shortage of supplies, especially food...

traditional horse cavalry formations. The Imperial Japanese Army obtained a variety of models from foreign sources as Japan did not have any indigenous tank production...

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan. Forming one of the military branches of the Imperial Japanese Armed...

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially...

assault troops. The Imperial Japanese Army's 3,500 man Sea-Landing Brigades (1st to 4th) were used to conduct amphibious assaults on an island, but afterwards...

end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together...

trained at the Imperial Japanese Army infantry school. Although Rikusentai basic training was different from that of the Japanese Army, the paratroopers...

Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. The Soviet...

The Japanese 25th Army (第25軍, Dai-nijyūgo gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, noted for its role in the Malayan Campaign...

Naval Landing Forces (SNLF; Japanese: 海軍特別陸戦隊, romanized: Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai) were the marines of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and were a part...

Brigade) was the name given to an airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British and Indian forces. When it was launched, the Imperial Japanese...

"chocolate soldiers". The Imperial Japanese Navy's failure in the Battle of the Coral Sea, was the impetus for the Imperial Japanese Army to try to capture Port...

West Pacific Area fighting the Japanese between late 1941 and 1945. Following the Japanese surrender Australian Army units were deployed as occupation...

the Japanese to abandon Rangoon, which was occupied after an unopposed amphibious landing (codenamed Operation Dracula) on 2 May. The Fourteenth Army was...

invading forces of Imperial Japan, such as the Burma Campaign. After the Second World War, the Army Commandos were disbanded and the brigade became a Royal...

Engineer Amphibian Brigades (later called Engineer Special Brigades). The United States Navy controlled many joint units of the Army and the Marine Corps...

Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF, Japanese: 自衛隊; Hepburn: Jieitai), also known as the Japanese Armed Forces, are the unified military forces of Japan....

(西田 祥実, Nishida Yoshimi, 1 March 1892 – 21 February 1944) was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II. He was killed in action during the...

naval infantry battalions, one motorised with BTR-60-series amphibious vehicles. brigades are somewhat larger. Although, sizes vary depending on mission...

infantry brigades, along with five light horse and four mixed brigades. As a consequence the 3rd Brigade was removed from the Australian Army's order of...

Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) of the Empire of Japan at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War...

counter invaders from occupying Japanese islands. Japan did not have an amphibious force since the Imperial Japanese Navy Land Forces. 50 ARDB soldiers...

rather than being governed by someone associated with the Japanese Imperial Army. The Japanese entered Padang on 17 March 1942 and within ten days all important...