| 词条 | General Defense Command | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|unit_name= General Defense Command |image |caption= |dates= July 5, 1941 – April 8, 1945 |country= Empire of Japan |allegiance= |branch= Imperial Japanese Army |type= Infantry |role= Army Group |garrison=Tokyo |nickname= |battles= }} The {{nihongo|General Defense Command|防衛総司令部|Bōei Soshireibu}} was a headquarters organization equivalent to an army group within the Imperial Japanese Army established to control all land and air units stationed within Japan proper, Korea and Taiwan during the Pacific War. HistoryThe General Defense Command was established on July 5, 1941 under the direct command of the Emperor via the Imperial General Headquarters. For administrative, recruiting and accounting purposes, Japan was divided into six army districts, each with a garrison force equivalent to an army corps:
The General Defense Command was also responsible for anti-aircraft defenses, and for organizing civil defense training. On April 8, 1945, in preparation for Operation Downfall (or {{nihongo|Operation Ketsugō|決号作戦|Ketsugō sakusen}} in Japanese terminology), the General Defense Command was dissolved, and its duties assumed by the new First General Army and Second General Army. List of CommandersCommanding officer
Chief of Staff
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ReferencesBooks
| last = Drea | first = Edward J. | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1998 | chapter = Japanese Preparations for the Defense of the Homeland & Intelligence Forecasting for the Invasion of Japan | title = In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army | publisher = University of Nebraska Press | location = | isbn = 0-8032-1708-0 }}
| last = Frank | first = Richard B | coauthors = | year = 1999 | title = Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire | publisher = Random House | location = New York | isbn = 0-679-41424-X }}
| last = Jowett | first = Bernard | coauthors = | year = 1999 | title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45) | publisher = Osprey Publishing | location = | isbn = 1-84176-354-3 }}
| last = Madej | first = Victor | coauthors = | year = 1981 | title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 | publisher = Game Publishing Company | location = | id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW }}
| last = Marston | first = Daniel | coauthors = | year = 2005 | title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima | publisher = Osprey Publishing | location = | isbn = 1-84176-882-0 }}
| last = Skates | first = John Ray | coauthors = | year = 1994 | title = The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb Downfall | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | location = New York | isbn = 0-87249-972-3 }} External links
| last = Wendel | first = Marcus | url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6754 | title = Axis History Factbook | work = General Defense Command }} 3 : Army groups of Japan|Military units and formations established in 1941|Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 |
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