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  Kantogun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The unit was originally established in 1906 as the Kwantung Garrison to defend the Kwantung Leased Territory and the areas adjacent to the South Manchurian Railway.
Although the Kantogun was nominally subordinate to the Japanese High Command, its leadership demonstrated significant self-determination, as conspirators in the Army plotted the assassination of Zhang Zuolin in 1928 and the Manchurian Incident (1931) leading to the foundation of Manchukuo in 1932.
The Army fought against the Soviet Union's Red Army at Zhanggufeng in 1938 and Nomonhan in 1939, sustaining heavy casualties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kwantung_Army   (584 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Japanese subjects may, according to qualifications determined in laws or ordinances, be appointed to civil or military or any other public offices equally.
Japanese subjects are amenable to service in the Army or Navy, according to the provisions of law.
Japanese subjects shall have the liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits of the law.
www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/c.html   (8389 words)

  
 World War II-- Japanese invasion of China
This was in pat because of the ineffectiveness of the Kuomintang Army.
Resistance to the Japanese fell primarily on the Kuomintang because the Communists were in the remote areas of northwestern China.
The Japanese Kwantung Army occupied Manchuria, a Chinese province, using as a pretext a faked incident on the main railroad (1931).
histclo.com /essay/war/ww2/camp/pac/china/w2c-inv.html   (1662 words)

  
 Leavenworth Papers No. 7 (August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria)
Japanese sources are rarer, in large part because the Soviets captured the records of the Kwantung Army during the campaign.
As the Kwantung Army weakened, planning shifted from the offense (before 1944) to realistic defense (in September 1944) and ultimately to acceptance of the need to delay on the borders and defend deeper in Manchuria (in 1945).
Armies were large, theoretically consisting of as many as three to four rifle corps, for a total of twelve to fifteen rifle divisions, and reinforced by mechanized, cavalry, tank, and artillery units.
www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/glantz3/glantz3.asp   (12388 words)

  
 Kwantung Army - TheBestLinks.com - Japanese Kwantung Army, History of China, Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Kwantung Army or Guandong Army (関東軍 Japanese: Kantogun) was a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that originated from a Guandong garrison established in 1906 to defend the Kwantung Leased Territory and the areas adjacent to the South Manchurian Railway.
Although the Army was nominally subordinate to the Japanese High Command, conspirators of the Army plotted the assassination of Zhang Zoulin in 1928 and the Manchurian Incident (1931) leading to the foundation of Manchuguo in 1932.
The Army fought against the Red Army of the Soviet Union at Zhanggufeng in 1938 and Nomonhan in 1939.
www.thebestlinks.com /Japanese_Kwantung_Army.html   (334 words)

  
 chronology.html
The "Manchurian Incident" was all the pretext needed for the assertive Japanese Kwantung Army to embark on its China adventure.
Japanese public opinion&emdash;enraged by the act itself&emdash;turned hostile toward the Chinese when the official newspaper of the ruling Chinese Nationalist party (the Kuomintang) expressed regret the emperor was not killed.
Oct.21, 1938: Canton was occupied by the Japanese.
www2.bc.edu /~heineman/chronology.html   (19062 words)

  
 WWII: The World at War 1932-1939
Japanese forces occupy Manchuria (a very rich piece of land from self-righteous China with pit-coal, iron, copper, lead and gold.) and called it Manchukuo as an independent state, with their President Poe Yi.
In 1935 it regained the Saar and in March 1936, the army re-occupied the demilitarised Rhineland.
The Japanese Ki-48 was a twin-engine light bomber, and was popular in the late 1930's.Despite their speed, it was vulnerable because of its weak defensive guns and armor, with 77mm machineguns, and carry several 5001b bombs.
www.euronet.nl /users/wilfried/ww2/tot-1939.htm   (2239 words)

  
 Frontline Illustrations series FRI-021 Battle of Khalhin Gol on www.Aviapress.com. Model kits, Military Books and ...
This book is dedicated to the Soviet-Mongolian forces operated during the Nomonhan incident (Halha river region, May-September 1939) against Japanese Kwantung Army.
It reads about organization, combat strength, types of ground weapons and employment of the Red Army and Japanese Kwantung Army in documents which had never published before.
The vehicle was captured in the fight on the 3rd of July by Lt. Alymov's platoon (2nd company of the 24th armored battalion of the 11th armored brigade).
www.aviapress.com /viewonekit.htm?FRI-021   (405 words)

  
 kwantung_army
This is the story of the strange Japanese Kwantung Army that
The Kwantung Army, Japanese generals, opium, and a
Concept A: With the outbreak of war, the Japanese Army will destroy the enemy in the areas of Ussuri and Amur
www.quikmaneuvers.com /kwantung_army.html   (170 words)

  
 THE NAFZIGER COLLECTION
942JXAC: Japanese Korean Army, 1941-1942 - 1 pg
These are the only armies that existed and the periods over which they existed.
Note: The first six OBs are from official army records and list the complete organization of every division and corps, with all organic units and all formations temporarily attached to them.
home.fuse.net /nafziger/WWII.HTM   (18837 words)

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