About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Guards Divisions of Japan, Infantry Divisions of Japan, Japanese World War II divisions, Imperial Guard, 15th Division, 2nd Division, 33rd Division, 32nd Division, 14th Division, 38th Division, List of Japanese Infantry divisions, 31st Division, 35th Division, 18th Division, 13th Division, 7th Division, 37th Division, 40th Division, 23rd Division, 20th Division, 12th Division, 10th Division, 22nd Division, 19th Division, 6th Division, 56th Division, 11th Division, 34th Division, 41st Division, 28th Division, 51st Division, 57th Division, 202nd Division, 16th Division, 201st Division, 25th Division, 106th Division, 21st Division, 24th Division, 17th Division, 26th Division, 55th Division, 114th Division, 39th Division, 143rd Division, 145th Division, 27th Division, 140th Division, 144th Division, 142nd Division, 2nd Guards Division, 1st Guards Division, 3rd Guards Division, 109th Division, List of Japanese armored divisions. Excerpt: The Japanese Imperial Guard Konoe Shidan) is an organization which is dedicated to protection of the Emperor of Japan and his family, palaces and other imperial properties. Following the end of World War II the traditional Guard, which also served as a unit in the Imperial Japanese Army, was dissolved and in 1947 a civil Imperial Guard was formed as part of the National Police Agency in Japan. The Imperial Guard of the Imperial Japanese Army was formed in 1867. It became the foundation of the Imperial Japanese Army after the Emperor Meiji assumed all the powers of state during the Meiji Restoration. The Imperial Guard, which consisted of 12,000 men organized and trained along French Military lines, first saw action in the Satsuma Rebellion. It was organized into the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade which had the 1st and 2nd Regiments. The 3rd and 4th Regiments belonged to the 2nd Guards...