The Imperial General Headquarters or Daihonei, as part of the Supreme War Council was the supreme command for Japanese military forces during the World War II era. Its tactics development was divided into two distinct groups: Supreme War Council was de-facto inner cabinet of Japan prior and during World War II. Among memberes were Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the chiefs of the General Staffs of both the Army and the Navy. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the...

• Strike North Group - dominated by the Imperial Japanese Army
• Strike South Group - dominated by the Imperial Japanese Navy

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Organization of the Imperial General Headquarters

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He was assisted in his tasks by the Imperial General Headquarters consisting of the following:

• Chief of the Army General Staff,
• Chief of the Navy General Staff,
• Minister of War,
• Minister of the Navy,
• Inspectorate General of Military Training,
• Inspectorate General of Aviation.

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Organization of the Imperial Japanese Army -- December 8, 1941

The majority of these troops were stationed in China, Indochina, Japan, Formosa, Korea, and Manchuria. This includes some 61 divisions, 59 cavalry brigades, and 51 air squadrons. Only a fraction of Japan's military, 11 to 14 divisions and the South Seas Detachment, would be available for the December 1941 operations in southeast Asia and the Pacific. Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a large peninsula in Southeast Asia. ... Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east but gradually transitions to gently sloping plains in the west. ... Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. ... Extent of Manchuria according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified: 满洲; Traditional: 滿洲; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a name given to a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... Cavalry is also a common misspelling of the Biblical hill Calvary. ... Brigade is a term from military science which refers to a group of several battalions (typically two to four), and directly attached supporting units (normally including at least an artillery battery and additional logistic support). ... A Squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or naval vessels. ... The South Seas Detachment of the Imperial Japanese Army was a brigade size force formed in 1941 to be the army unit used in the Japanese seizure of the South Pacific island groups of Wake, Guam and the Gilberts. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... ur mom looks like a horse sucker hahahahqahahahahahahahahahah ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ...

• Imperial General Headquarters
  • IJA General Staff - headed by a Chief (General Hajime Sugiyama) and several Vice Chiefs.
    • General Affairs Bureau
      • Organization and Mobilization Department
      • Training Department
    • 1st(Operations) Bureau
      • Operations Department
      • Defence Department
    • 2d (Intelligence)Bureau
      • Europe and the Americas Department
      • China Department
      • Russia/Soviet Union Department
      • Intelligence Department
    • 3d (Transport and Communications) Bureau
      • Transport Department
      • Communications Department
    • 4th (Historical) Bureau
      • Military History Department
      • Strategy and Tactics Department
    • General Staff College
    • Land Survey Department
  • Ministry Of War
  • General Defense Command
  • China Expeditionary Army
  • Kwantung Theater Army
  • Southern Expeditionary Army
  • Units under direct General Staff control
    • Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
    • 4th Infantry Division
    • South Seas Detachment
    • 1st Army Hospital
    • 2nd Army Hospital
    • 3rd Army Hospital
    • Korean Remount Department
    • Army Air Service Transport Department
    • IGHQ Communicatons Department

A General Staff is a group of professional military officers who act in a staff or administrative role under the command of a general officer. ... Hajime Sugiyama (Sujiyama; 1880—September 12, 1945) was a chief of the Japanese General Staff, Inspector-General of military training, minister of war and a Commander-in-Chief of the 1st General Army during World War II. In 1941 Sugiyama confidently told Emperor Hirohito that Japanese operations in the South... The Ministry of War of Japan (陸軍省 Rikugun shó) was established in the late 19th century, alongside many other Ministries, as part of the creation of the first modern Japanese government. ... The General Defense Command or General Defense Headquarters (Japanese, Boei Soshireibu), as part of the Imperial Japanese Army, was formed to control all units of the Japan Defense Army, located in Japan, and the Korean Army and the Formosa Army. ... The Japanese China Expeditionary Army of the Imperial Japanese Army, was formed in 1937 as an offshoot of the Kwangtung Army. ... The Kantogun (Kanji: 関東軍; Nihon-shiki: Kantōgun; Postal System Pinyin: Kwantungchun; Pinyin: Guandongjun), more commonly known as the Kwantung Army or Guandong Army, was a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). ... The Southern Expeditionary Army Group was part of the Japanese military during the World War II era. ... The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service was Imperial Japans land based aviation force. ... The South Seas Detachment of the Imperial Japanese Army was a brigade size force formed in 1941 to be the army unit used in the Japanese seizure of the South Pacific island groups of Wake, Guam and the Gilberts. ...

See also

• Military History of Japan
• US Navy Department,
• US War Department,
• Supreme Allied Headquarters