Imperial Japanese Army

ground-based armed forces of Japan, from 1868 to 1945
Organization army Q276535
Imperial Japanese Army
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Summary

Imperial Japanese Army is an army[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of army entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,681 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Empire of Japan[3]
  • Military branch: army[4]
  • Child organization or unit: Field Railroad Proposal Department[5]
  • Part of: Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan[6]
  • Commons category: Imperial Japanese Army[7]
  • Inception: January 1, 1868[8]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: May 3, 1947[9]
  • Participated in conflict: First Sino-Japanese War[10], Russo-Japanese War[11], World War I[12], Second Sino-Japanese War[13], World War II[14], Siberian Intervention[15], Battles of Khalkhin Gol[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Imperial Japanese Army[17]
  • Allegiance: Emperor of Japan[18]
  • Topic has template: Q13375647[19]
  • Name in kana: だいにっぽんていこくりくぐん[20]
  • History of topic: history of the Imperial Japanese Army[21]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Imperial Japanese Army division[22]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Japan[23], WikiProject Japanese military history[24], WikiProject Military history[25], National militaries task force[26], Asian military history task force[27], WikiProject World War I[28], WikiProject World War II[29]

Why It Matters

Imperial Japanese Army has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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