The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Japanese: 大日本帝国陸軍, Hepburn: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun, "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍, Shinjitai: 大日本帝国陸軍, Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) literally "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire", was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan, from 1871 to 1945.

By 1885 the Imperial Japanese Army consisted of seven divisions, one of which was the Imperial Guard. A division consisted of four regiments containing an HQ and two battalions each. The Imperial Guard division was based in Tokyo and was recruited on national lines; officers were also drawn nationally.

'Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps') was the aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Its primary mission was to provide tactical close air support for ground forces, as well as a limited air interdiction capability. The IJAAS also provided aerial reconnaissance to other branches of the IJA.

The Imperial Japanese Army (Japanese ; 大日本帝国陸軍, Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun), also known as the IJA, was the army of Imperial Japan from 1868 to 1945. [1] The army was under the command of Emperor Meiji from 1868-1912, Emperor Taishō from 1912-1926, Emperor Hirohito from 1926-1945, and Hideki Tōjō from 1884-1948.

昭和十一年（1936年），在震惊全国的 二二六事变 之后，陆军中的皇道派连带着守旧的保守势力被有针对性地逐步清除出了陆军中枢，取而代之的是以 永田铁山 为首的统制派对陆军的把控。 扫清了陆军革新的障碍后，面对着日益强大的邻国，预感到战争将近的帝国几乎不暇思索地选择了扩军。 截至二二六事变前，经历了多次裁军与扩军之后的帝国陆军共拥有约24个常设师团（不计入近卫军和机甲军），各常设师团基本均已学习欧战经验裁撤了旅团这一级单位（仅保留步兵团这 …

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) (Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945. The Japanese preserved in his traditions a love of the...

The IJA led the nation into war with Manchuria, then China, and then the Allies. Its organizational culture produced tough, proficient, and courageous soldiers, who won three conventional conflicts. But its culture left it unable to deal with military losses; it was a culture that prized reputation over public honesty, ritualized death and ...

2012年1月30日 · It’s an amazing story—a military force dragged from the feudal era into the modern world virtually overnight—and it deserves to be more widely known. As we saw last time out, the IJA stressed will and morale (where it believed it could compete with the western powers) over the material factors (where it knew that it could not).

In English language terms the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA for short) and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN for short) become standard for each service. According to the Constitution the supreme command of the Army and Navy was the prerogative of the Emperor (Article 11).