The Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army were the rank insignia of the Imperial Japanese Army, used from its creation in 1868, until its dissolution in...

The Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the rank insignia of the Imperial Japanese Navy, used from its creation in 1868, until its dissolution in...

Imperial Japanese Army uniforms tended to reflect the uniforms of those countries who were the principal advisors to the Imperial Japanese Army at the...

after the surrender of Japan, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were dissolved by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in 1945, during the Allied...

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...

for both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy, was at first a rank held by Saigō Takamori as the Commander of the Armies (陸軍元帥 Rikugun-gensui)...

The Imperial Japanese Army Academy (陸軍士官学校, Rikugun Shikan Gakkō) was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The programme...

Australian Army officer rank insignia; Australian Army other ranks insignia Ranks of the RAAF Ranks of the Austrian Bundesheer Military ranks of Azerbaijan...

and the navy during the Meiji period boosted Japanese military strength, allowing the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy to achieve major...

the warlord who had ruled Manchuria prior to the Japanese invasion. Large numbers of Chinese soldiers had surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army and...

Japanese ranks and insignia during World War II are listed on the following pages: Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army Ranks of the Imperial Japanese...

The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF; Japanese: 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, romanized: Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun...

and at the imperial court as the basis of an aristocrat's standing in society. The table divided ranks in 14 grades, with all nobles regardless of birth...

Imperial Japanese Army regiments raised from high school students in Japanese occupied territories Heiho – auxiliary forces composed of pro-Japanese volunteers...

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has not always used ranks or insignia. In common with the practice of the Red Army at the time of its founding in 1927...

promotions. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy). Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army) Imperial Japanese Navy Grand admiral...

Vietnam. See the articles for these ranks for more (Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army, Comparative military ranks of Korea, Ranks of the People's Liberation...

army.[citation needed] During World War II, American soldiers frequently encountered Korean soldiers within the ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army....

The Kempeitai (Japanese: 憲兵隊, Hepburn: Kenpeitai) was the military police of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The organization also shared civilian secret...

The military ranks of the Soviet Union were those introduced after the October Revolution of 1917. At that time the Imperial Russian Table of Ranks was...

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon...

support it, with the majority of Japanese troops stationed in Asia either taking part in or supporting the killings. The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service...

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration...

The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (German: Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the...

in Japanese, but these are all just their respective pronunciations of the Chinese characters 皇帝. Huangdi (皇帝), the Imperial monarch during Imperial China...

within the junior ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army officer corps promoting a vision of a militaristic totalitarian system as an alternative to the perceived...

proxy for the Imperial Korean Army as armed force. As the Japanese victory seemed apparent, Japanese confiscated most of the rights of the Board of Marshals...

The Imperial Russian Army or Russian Imperial Army (Russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, romanized: Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya) was the armed...

accepting the Potsdam Declaration, the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy were dismantled by the orders of Supreme Commander for the Allied...

civilianized version of the Imperial Japanese Army uniform. It was similar to the National Clothes (kokumin-fuku) worn by Japanese civilians in World War...