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Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937–1945

is the first nuts-and-bolts

handbook to utilize both the voluminous raw allied intelligence documents and post-war

Japanese documentation as primary sources. This first volume covers the tactical

organization of Army and Navy ground forces during the 1937–45 war. Using the

wartime IJA mobilization plans, and the Unit Organization Tables, Unit Strength Tables

and Unit History Tables compiled by the War Ministry and the 1st Demobilization

Bureau during and after the war, a complete picture of IJA ground forces through the war

is presented.

The evolution of the Japanese force structure is examined, including infantry, armor,

cavalry, artillery and naval ground combat units from battalion to division level, each

thoroughly discussed and illustrated with tables of organization and equipment and

mobilization data. This forms the framework for any discussion of the IJA’s capabilities

and intentions.

Leland Ness has been conducting and supervising defense analysis and writing military

history for over 40 years. He served as director of special projects at DMS/Jane’s,

published a newsletter on ground ordnance for the defense industry, and has been an

editor at Jane’s for the last ten years (for Jane’s Ammunition Handbook and Jane’s

Infantry Weapons). He is also the co-author of the classic

Red Army Handbook,

and the

author of the HarperCollins

WWII Tanks and Combat Vehicles.

He has been particularly

interested in Asian military history since graduating with a degree in Oriental Studies and

Language. During 28 years in the Army Reserve, he served with Headquarters, US Army

Intelligence Agency on active duty during Desert Storm.

RIKUGUN

GUIDE TO JAPANESE GROUND FORCES 1937–1945

Volume 1

Tactical Organization of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy

Ground Forces

Leland Ness

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Published by Helion & Company 2014

Designed and typeset by Farr out Publications, Wokingham, Berkshire

Cover designed by Euan Carter, Leicester (www.euancarter.com)

Printed by Lightning Source, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Front cover: A 75mm infantry regimental gun in action in China early in the war. Rear cover: A cavalry lineman with

the pole that allowed him to run wire above ground in trees.

ISBN 978-1-909982-00-0

ISBN 978-1-912174-57-7

Mobi ISBN 978-1-912174-57-7

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