Kōtoku Satō:- during Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar). Then a Major General, he replaced the wounded commanding general of the 23rd Infantry' Group on the Nomonhan battle front
Michitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of 23d Division, and Japanese Commander in Nomonhan Incident
Kitsuju Ayabe:- Chief of Staff, First Area Army (Manchuria), Kwantung Army, North China Detachment, Staff Officer, Third Army (Manchuria)
Jo Iimura:- Commanding General, Fifth Army (Manchuria)
Kitsuju Ayabe: Deputy Chief of Staff 3rd Army, Manchuria, Chief of Staff Kwantung Army and Chief of Staff 1st Area Army, Manchuria
Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 30th Army, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 20th Army, Manchuria
Masaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 8th Division, Manchuria
Tamio Iwasaki: General Officer Commanding 111th Division, Manchuria
Torajiro Iwai: General Officer Commanding 108th Division, Manchuria
Sadao Inoue: General Officer Commanding 14th Division, Manchuria
Shunkichi Ikeda: General Officer Commanding 35th Division, Manchuria
Yoshio Hongo: General Officer Commanding 62nd Division, Manchuria and General Officer Commanding 44th Army, Manchuria
Hidezo Hitomi: General Officer Commanding 12th Division, Manchuria
Mamoru Hara: General Officer Commanding 9th Division, Manchuria
Koichi Abe: General Officer Commanding 107th Division, Manchuria
Shojikiro Amaya: General Officer Commanding 40th Division, Manchuria
Tatsumi Amamiya: General Officer Commanding 24th Division, Manchuria
Keiichi Arikawa: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 62nd Division, Manchuria
Kwantung Army Commander of Engineer Unit
Shozo Hirano: Commanding Officer 2nd Engineer Unit, Manchuria
Commander of 1st Special Tank Company in Harbin (1932) and Rehe (1933)
Captain Hyakutake:- Commander of 1st Special Tank Company during Harbin fight (Manchurian Incident) in 1932 and Rehe battle in 1933.
Commander of Yasuoka Task Force (armored group) in Nomonhan Incident (1939)
Yasuoka Masaomi:- Commander of Yasuoka Task Force. Between your units stayed the 3rd Tank Regiment, led by Colonel Yoshimaru and 4th Tank Regiment led for Colonel Tamada
Commander of 2nd Tank Group (Division) (Manchukuo)
Tasuku Okada:- Commander, 2nd Tank Group (Division) "Geki", Manchukuo
Commander of 1st Tank Brigade and 1st Armored Division
Koreo Hosomi: Commanding Officer 1st Tank Brigade, Manchuria
Toshimoto Hoshinato: General Officer Commanding 1st Armored Division, Manchuria
Commander of 1st Garrison Unit of Kwantung Army
Yoshio Ishino: Commanding Officer 1st Garrison Unit, Manchuria
Chief of Staff, Kwantung Defense Army
Nobuyoshi Obata:- Kwantung Army, Chief of Staff, Kwantung Defense Army
Keisuke Fujie:- Chief, General Affairs Bureau, Military Police, HQ, Kwantung Army, Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police
Shizuichi Tanaka:- Commander, Kwantung Army Military Police Units
Hideki Tōjō:- Commanding General, Military Police, Kwantung Army
Saburo Shimomura:- General of Japanese Gendarmerie section, Kempeitai detachment in Xinjing
Kwantung Army Chief of Manchu Secret Police
Toranosuke Hashimoto: Commanding Officer Manchu Secret Police, Xinjing, Manchuria (as branch of Kempeitain Intelligence in Manchukuo)
Kwantung Army experts in Strike South planning
Yoshihide Hayashi, Chief of Staff Unit 82 (Strike South planning), Manchuria
Isamu Chō, Vice Chief of Staff Unit 82 (Strike South planning), Manchuria
Commander in Kwantung Special Intelligence Service
Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda:- Occult Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Secret Services in Manchukuo; also Imperial Family Liaison with Kwantung Army and Kempeitai Intelligence Services in land
Torashirō Kawabe:- Staff Officer (Operations; Intelligence), Kwantung Army
Kingoro Hashimoto:- Chief, Special Service Agency, Hailar, Kwantung Army
Michitarō Komatsubara:- Chief of the Special Service Agency at Harbin, Kwantung Army
Koiso Kuniaki:- concurrently Chief, Special Service Department, Kwantung Army
Nobuyoshi Obata:- Chief, Harbin Special Intelligence Agency, Kwantung Army
Tadashi Hanaya: Head of Special Services Agency Kwantung Army
Genrikh Lyushkov, ex-Soviet Far East NKVD defector, adviser to Kwantung Army
Commanders of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service forces in the Kwantung Army
Torashirō Kawabe:- Commanding General, 7th Air Brigade (Manchuria), Commanding General, Second Air Army (Manchuria)
Captain Kamata:- commander of Kwantung Army Hane Air Unit
Air Squadrons of Kwantung Army and Manchukuoan Air Force
Kwantung Army Air units
2nd Air Division
2nd Air Brigade
8th Air Brigade
9th Air Brigade
13th Air Brigade
29th Air Brigade
28th Independent Regiment
Combat Units
15th Sentai
104th Sentai
25th Sentai
81st Sentai
Hane Air Unit
5th Sentai (with base in Hebei, fighting against Soviets probably in Chahar, Mengjiang area)
Training Units (also was operative used in combat)
101st Sentai
4th Sentai
13th Sentai
22nd Sentai
23rd Sentai
26th Sentai
42nd Sentai
24th Sentai
5th Sentai
Manchoukouan Air Units
1st Air Group
2nd Air Group
3rd Air Group
Training Air Group
Chief and Instructors in Kwantung Army Training Schools
Kenzo Kitano:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army School (Manchuria)
Kioji Tominaga:- Commandant, Kungchuling Army Tank School (Manchuria)
Operative units in Kwantung Army Training Schools
1st Tank Army (Main Tank instruction unit)
23rd Tank Regiment (Practice Tank unit)
24th Tank Regiment (Practice Tank unit)
Japanese Official Ambassador to Manchukuo
Jirō Minami:- Kwantung Army - concurrently Ambassador to Manchukuo
Taka Hishikari:- Kwantung Army - Ambassador to Manchukuo
Tadashi Hanaya:- Head, Japanese Military Mission Manchukuo
Shun Akifusa:- Head, Harbin Military Mission
Adviser in Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau
Takuma Shimoyama:-Headquarters-Adviser, Manchukuoan Military Administration Bureau
Officers in Kwantung Frontier Guards detachment
Shun Akifusa: Commanding Officer 4th Border Garrison Unit Manchuria
N.Imoto:- Kwantung Army Frontier Guard officer in service in Hiriyahari detachment HQ, no far less of frontier point N°25 in upper lands of Usachi River, in front at Komissarsky, in Soviet Side, Manchu-Russian frontier
Captain Ohki:- Commander, Artillery Unit/15th Border Guard Unit in Kotou Fortress located near Ussuri River in the Soviet-Manchurian border
Kōtoku Satō:- During Nomonhan Incident in 1939 he led the 2nd Sector Unit, 8th Border Garrison Unit (Hailar, Hsingan)
Yamagata Takemitsu COL - Commander, 64th Infantry Regiment
Yasuoka Masaomi LTG - Commander, Yasuoka Task Force
Colonel Yoshimaru - Commander of 3rd Tank Regiment, in the Yasuoka Task Force
Colonel Tamada - Commander of 4th Tank Regiment in the Yasuoka Task Force
Col. Ise - Commander of 13th Field Artillery Regiment
Major Gen. Hata - Commander of 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQ
Col. Mishima - Commander of 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment
Col. Takatsukasa - Commander of 7th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment
Lt. Col. Someya - Commander of Muling Heavy Artillery Regiment
Col. Miyao - Commander of 1st Independent Field Artillery Regiment
1st Lt. Hitoshi Asano - twenty-two-victory IJAAF air ace against the Russians in Nomonhan
Organization of Manchukuoan Fortresses
Referring to defensive fortifications on the Russian-Manchu frontier line, this organization was led from Xinjing Fortress Command in the Manchoukoan capital, under the command of the Kwantung Army Commander.
The Kwantung Army laid plans for a border defense system in 1934, but construction work did not begin until 1935. During the early period (to 1938), four zones were fortified in East Manchuria, plus three in the north and one in the west.
These fortresses were in direct command of the Kwantung Army in the territory; also included Japanese Navy detachments in Dairen and Ryojun naval bases.
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Ryojun Naval Station (Kwantung)
H.Ukita Commander of Ryojun Naval Guard District and Station; also the Japanese Navy's highest authority in Kwantung area, responsible for these units:
Ryojun Naval Base HQ
Ryojun Signal Unit
Ryojun Base Defense Unit
Ryojun Base Military Police
Ryojun Naval Barracks Service
Ryojun Port Duty Unit
50th Minesweeper Division (Ryojun)
R.Kurosaki Commander of 50th Minesweeper Division (Ryojun); under his leadership were these units:
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