Organization of the Chosen Army of Japan
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Organization of the Chosen Army of Japan
[edit] Commander of Chosen Army District
- Seichiro Itagaki:- concurrently Commanding General, Chosen District Army Command
[edit] Chief of General Staff, Chosen Army
- Kenzo Kitano:- Chief of Staff, Chosen Army, (in period of Changkufeng Incident)
- Hisaichi Terauchi:- Chief of Staff, Chosen Army
[edit] Chosen Army Staff Officers
- Kiichiro Higuchi:- Staff Officer, Chosen Army
- Kanji Nishihara:- Staff Officer, Chosen Army
[edit] Officers attached to Chosen Army HQ
- Jo Iimura:- assigned to Headquarters, Chosen Army (with duty station in Manchuria)
- Fusataro Teshima:- attached to Chosen Army Headquarters
[edit] Commanders in Chosen Army
- Senjuro Hayashi: General Officer Commanding Chosen Army
- Koiso Kuniaki:- Commanding General, Chosen Army
- Seichiro Itagaki:- Commanding General, Chosen Army (full General)
[edit] Commanders of Kempeitai units in Chosen Army
- Moto Inkai: General Officer Commanding Kempeitai unit, Chosen
[edit] Commanders in Chosen Garrison Units
- Yasumasa Fuse: Commanding Officer 41st Garrison Unit, Chosen
[edit] Commanders of the Japanese Army Air Force in Chosen
- Gen Sugiyama:- Commanding General, Air General Army, (took charge of Army air operations in homeland, Chosen, and Ryukyus)
- Masakazu Kawabe:- Commanding General, Air General Army, (took charge of Army air operations in homeland, Chosen, and Ryukyus)
- Takuma Shimoyama:- Command the Fifth Air Army with headquarters in Seoul, Chosen.
[edit] Air Squadrons in Chosen
- Japanese Navy
- Genzan Air Group
- 252° Air Group
- Japanese Army
- 22° Sentai
- 25° Sentai
- 85° Sentai
[edit] Chosen Antiaircraft Regiments
- 23rd AA Regiment
- 41st AA Regiment
- 42nd AA Regiment
- 5 Reserve AA Regiment
- 6 Reserve AA Regiment
[edit] Chief of Chinkai Naval Station (Chinhae)
- Mitsumasa Yonai: Vice-Admiral, commanded Chinkai Naval Station (Chosen);under your command stayed next units:
- Chinkai Naval Base Hq
- Chinkai Signal Unit
- Chinkai Base Defense Unit
- Chinkai Base Military police
- Chinkai Naval Barracks Service
- Chinkai Port Duty Unit
[edit] Military Governor-General of Chosen
- Jiro Minami:- Governor-General of Chosen
- Koiso Kuniaki:- Governor-General of Chosen
- Nobuyuki Abe:- Governor-General of Chosen and political advisor
[edit] Commanders in Regular Armies Detached in Chosen
- Kotoku Sato:- Commanded the 75th Infantry Regiment
- Yoshio Kozuki:- Seventeenth Area Army Commander (Chosen)
- Senichi Kushibuchi:- Thirty-fourth Army Commander (Hamhung in North Chosen)
[edit] Chief of Staff in Regular Armines Chosen Army
- Junjiro Ihara: Chief of Staff (34th Army) Chosen Army
[edit] Participants in Changkufeng Incident(1938)
- Kotoku Sato COL During Changkufeng Incident in 1938,commanded the 75th Infantry' Regiment
[edit] Chosen Army Divisions
- 19th Army Division
- 20th Army Division
[edit] Chosen Main Army
- 17th area Army
[edit] Structures of Chosen Fortress
The design of defensive frontier fortresses in Chosen province, also included inner fortifications in the province. The defensive organization was commanded by Seoul Fortress Headquarters, under the leadership of the General Commander of Chosen Military District.
[edit] Chosen fortified districts
- Seishin Fortress:- 4000 officers and men, protected from the sea by heavy coastal artillery, an armored train, a regular train carrying combat equipment, and eight concrete fortifications along with Genzan Air Unit and Naval Base.
- Rashin Fortress
- Yuki Fortress
- Chinkai Fortress
- Fusan Fortress
- Chinhae Bay Fortress Formation
- Rashin Fortress Formation
- Yongfung Bay Fortress Formation
- Yosu Fortress Formation
- Konan Fortress
[edit] Commanders of Chosen Fortress System
- Takuma Ishikawa: Commandant Fusan Fortress, Korea
