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A short primer on the organization of the IJA and IJN

Imperial Japanese Army and Navy organizations comparison

Orders of battle

List of general armies, area armies and armies - list of all army-level and above formations, that existed in the IJA.

List of divisions - list of all division-level formations, that existed in the IJA.

IJA order of battle before Manchurian Incident - OOB on 1 January 1931.

Map of IJA infantry regiments' garrisons in 1932 (in Japanese).

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Organization

Organization and armament of the type "C" infantry regiment (August 1943) - general organization scheme of the regiment, detailed breakdown of personnel, horses and weapons of the regiment by subunits from original TO&Es.

Translation of the Japanese article "Regarding the organization of 244th Air Group" by Sakuari Takashi, which describes organization of the standard IJA Air Force fighter unit. Author's order of battle drawings are translated and remade as well.

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Various information

IJA rank names 1937-1945 - description of the changes in IJA rank system and the table of all the rank names by the end of the Pacific War.

Prices of IJA weapons - various prices of weapons and equipment I was able to find.

Man-hours required to produce one unit of weapons in Japanese Army Kokura Arsenal - I've already posted some weapons' prices, now man-hours to produce some of them.

Data tables on IJA supplies during the Pacific War from the United States Strategic Bombing Survey Report No.64 “The Effect of Air Action on Japanese Ground Army Logistics” (1947).

Two capstone moral education documents of the Japanese military: the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors of 1882 (was the official code of ethics for the Japanese military personnel) and the IJA Field Service Code (Senjinkun) of 1941. Every Japanese soldier was expected to learn those two documents by heart and the Imperial Rescript was to be memorized by every IJA member.

Japanese army life in 1914 (translated by Eugen Pinak) - the internal life and economy of Japanese army units, a lot of small details on the daily life of Japanese officers and soldiers in the barracks.

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