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2nd Division

1888-1945 Imperial Japanese Army formation
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2nd Division

Summary

2nd Division is an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of imperial_japanese_army_infantry_division entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2nd Division is in the country of Empire of Japan[3].
  • 2nd Division's image is recorded as The Japanese 2d Division celebrates landing at Merak, Java.jpg[4].
  • 2nd Division's instance of is recorded as Imperial Japanese Army infantry division[5].
  • 2nd Division's military branch is recorded as Imperial Japanese Army[6].
  • 2nd Division's location is recorded as Sendai[7].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as Kwantung Army[8].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as 3rd Army[9].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as Eastern District Army[10].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as 16th Army[11].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as 17th Army[12].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as 18th Army[13].
  • 2nd Division's part of is recorded as 38th Army[14].
  • 2nd Division's has use is recorded as infantry warfare[15].
  • 2nd Division's Commons category is recorded as 2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)[16].
  • +1888-05-14T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 2nd Division[17].
  • 2nd Division was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • 2nd Division's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[19].
  • 2nd Division's participated in conflict is recorded as First Sino-Japanese War[20].
  • 2nd Division's participated in conflict is recorded as Russo-Japanese War[21].
  • 2nd Division's participated in conflict is recorded as Second Sino-Japanese War[22].
  • 2nd Division's participated in conflict is recorded as Battles of Khalkhin Gol[23].
  • 2nd Division's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027933z[24].
  • 2nd Division's replaces is recorded as Sendai Garrison[25].
  • 2nd Division's series ordinal is recorded as 2[26].

Why It Matters

2nd Division ranks in the top 4% of imperial_japanese_army_infantry_division entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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