Teishin Shudan (挺進集団, Raiding Group) was a Japanese special forces/airborne unit during World War II. The unit was a division-level force, and was part...

an airborne commando unit of the Imperial Japanese Army formed from Teishin Shudan (IJA airborne forces), in November 1944 as a last-ditch attempt to reduce...

limited their operations to only the most critical ones. Two regiments of Teishin Shudan were formed into the 1st Raiding Group, commanded by Major General Rikichi...

95 Ha-Go light tanks. The paratroop brigades were organized into the Teishin Shudan as the first division-level raiding unit, at the main Japanese airborne...

Offensive counter-air strikes have been used since World War I. The Teishin Shudan and Giretsu Kuteitai carried out two OCA raids in the Pacific theatre...

Masakazu Kawabe. Teishin Shudan ("Raiding Group") was the IJA's special forces/airborne unit during World War II. The word teishin may be literally translated...

Command). They wear the green Commando beret. In 1944–45, Japanese Teishin Shudan ("Raiding Group") and Giretsu ("heroic") detachments made airborne assaults...

including offensive counter-air missions such as those carried out by the Teishin Shudan and Giretsu Kuteitai commandos. In the modern era, the helicopter, allowing...

Kandanos and razed the village to the ground. Rapid Forces Division Teishin Shudan Giretsu Kuteitai Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II Paratrooper...

troops afterward. On 6 December 1944, a 750-strong detachment from Teishin Shudan ("Raiding Division") and the Takachiho special forces unit, attacked...

Special Attack Units Kamikaze ("divine wind") Imperial Japanese Army Teishin Shudan ("Raiding Group") Giretsu ("Heroic Paratroopers") Imperial Japanese...

Southwest Pacific during World War II, although it was used by the Teishin Shudan paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The Type 97's...

Forces components provided by the Navy, Air Force and Carabinieri. Teishin Shudan (挺進集団, Raiding Group) was a Japanese special forces/airborne unit during...

2nd and 3rd Chutai, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF), dropped Teishin Shudan (Raiding Group) paratroopers over Pangkalan Benteng airfield. At the...

6 December 1944, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Raiding Group Teishin Shudan destroyed B-29 aircraft on Leyte. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union...

part of the Special Naval Landing Forces. Organized as part of the Teishin Shudan (jp:Raiding Group), the 2nd Raiding Brigade was formed in 1941. The...

replaced Type 38 rifle) Arisaka Type 99 sniper rifle TERA Type 2 (Used by Teishin Shudan at later stages of the war) Type 92 machine gun (Copy of the Lewis machine...

1944, Tsukada became commander of airborne operations training for the Teishin Shudan and commander of the 30,000 man Kenbu force defending central Luzon...

2nd and 3rd Chutai, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF), dropped Teishin Shudan (Raiding Group) paratroopers over Pangkalan Benteng airfield. At the...

2nd and 3rd Chutai, Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF), dropped Teishin Shudan (Raiding Group) paratroopers over Pangkalan Benteng airfield. At the...

intended to carry. In the fall of 1943, the Imperial Japanese Army's Teishin Shudan formed the 1st Glider Tank Troop. Before the 1st Glider Troop was established...

Paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS), Teishin Shudan, descend upon Palembang during the Battle of Palembang, 13‒15 February 1942...

Tokyo from bases in the Mariana Islands, the 1st Raiding Brigade of the Teishin Shudan was ordered to form a commando unit for a "special operations" mission...

4 suicide boat group the Army Maritime Assault Squadron (Rikugun Kaijō Teishin Sentai [ja]) and other voluntary special/suicide attacks. Air unit names...

(Japan) 第54飛行師団 ? 1945 ? ? 55th Air Division (Japan) 第55飛行師団 ? 1945 ? ? Teishin Shudan 第1挺進集団 ? 1945 ? paratroopers Tachikawa Training Air Maintenance division...