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33rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

Index 33rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. [1]

62 relations: Arakan Campaign 1942–43, Assam, Bangkok, Battle of Changsha (1939), Battle of Imphal, Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay, Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations, Battle of Yenangyaung, Bishnupur, Manipur, British rule in Burma, Burma Railway, Call sign, Chindwin River, David Tennant Cowan, Division (military), Eleventh Army (Japan), Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department, Fifteenth Army (Japan), Gunma Prefecture, Hubei, Ibaraki Prefecture, Imperial Japanese Army, Imphal, Infantry, Irrawaddy River, Japanese Burma Area Army, Kantō region, Kōtoku Satō, Kohima, List of Japanese Infantry divisions, Masakazu Kawabe, Mawlamyine, Mito, Ibaraki, Monywa, Myanmar, Myingyan, Nagaland, Operation U-Go, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Reconnaissance regiments (Japan), Renya Mutaguchi, Sendai, Shanxi, Shōzō Sakurai, Silchar, Takasaki, Gunma, Tamu, Myanmar, Tedim, Tochigi Prefecture, Twenty-Eighth Army (Japan), ..., Utsunomiya, 15th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 17th Infantry Division (India), 20th Infantry Division (India), 31st Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 32nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 34th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 35th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 36th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 37th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 53rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 54th Division (Imperial Japanese Army). Expand index (12 more) »

Arakan Campaign 1942–43

The Arakan Campaign of 1942–43 was the first tentative Allied attack into Burma, following the Japanese conquest of Burma earlier in 1942, during the Second World War.

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Assam

Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Thailand.

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Battle of Changsha (1939)

The First Battle of Changsha (17 September 1939 – 6 October 1939) was the first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha (長沙市), Hunan (湖南省), during the second Sino-Japanese War.

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Battle of Imphal

The Battle of Imphal took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in northeast India from March until July 1944.

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Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay

The concurrent Battle of Meiktila and Battle of Mandalay were decisive engagements near the end of the Burma Campaign.

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Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations

The Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River operations were a series of battles fought between the British Indian Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and allied forces over the successful Allied Burma Campaign on the China Burma India Theater during World War II.

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Battle of Yenangyaung

The Battle of Yenangyaung was fought in Burma, now Myanmar, during the Burma Campaign in World War II.

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Bishnupur, Manipur

Bishnupur is a town in Bishnupur district in the state of Manipur, India.

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British rule in Burma

British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Burma Railway

The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II.

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Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station.

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Chindwin River

The Chindwin River (ချင်းတွင်းမြစ်) is a river in Burma (Myanmar), and the largest tributary of the country's chief river the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy).

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David Tennant Cowan

Major General David Tennant Cowan CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (9 October 1896 – 1983), also known as "Punch" Cowan, was an officer in the British Army and British Indian Army in World War I and World War II.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Eleventh Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department

The Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department was a department of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1936 to the dissolution of the Army in 1945.

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Fifteenth Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Gunma Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region.

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Hubei

Hubei is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the Central China region.

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Ibaraki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Imphal

Imphal is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Irrawaddy River

The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River (also spelt Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar.

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Japanese Burma Area Army

The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Kantō region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Kōtoku Satō

was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

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Kohima

Kohima is the hilly capital city of India's north eastern state of Nagaland.

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List of Japanese Infantry divisions

List of Japanese Infantry divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Masakazu Kawabe

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Mawlamyine

Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; မတ်မလီု), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth largest city of Myanmar (Burma), World Gazetteer 300 km south east of Yangon and 70 km south of Thaton, at the mouth of Thanlwin (Salween) River.

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Mito, Ibaraki

is the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan.

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Monywa

> Monywa is a city in >Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located 136 km north-west of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Myingyan

Myingyan is a city and district in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar, previously, it was a district in the Meiktila Division of Upper Burma.

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Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in Northeast India.

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Operation U-Go

The U Go offensive, or Operation C (ウ号作戦 U Gō sakusen), was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills (then administered as part of Assam).

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Reconnaissance regiments (Japan)

Reconnaissance regiment (Sōsaku-rentai (搜索聯隊) or Sōsaku-tai (搜索隊)) in Japanese language, was the type of the military establishment within Imperial Japanese Army in the 1940-1945 period.

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Renya Mutaguchi

was a Japanese military officer, lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Sendai

is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the largest city in the Tōhoku region, and the second largest city north of Tokyo.

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Shanxi

Shanxi (postal: Shansi) is a province of China, located in the North China region.

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Shōzō Sakurai

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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Silchar

Silchar is the headquarters of Cachar district in the state of Assam in India.

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Takasaki, Gunma

is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

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Tamu, Myanmar

Tamu or Tat Mu is a town in Sagaing Region in north-west Burma near the border with the eastern Indian state of Manipur.

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Tedim

Tedim (တီတိန်မြို့; Official name Tiddim) is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma.

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Tochigi Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kantō region of Japan.

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Twenty-Eighth Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.

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Utsunomiya

is the capital and largest city of Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan.

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15th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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17th Infantry Division (India)

The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Indian Army.

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20th Infantry Division (India)

The 20th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II, formed in India, and took part in the Burma Campaign during World War II.

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31st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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32nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The Imperial Japanese Army's was an infantry division during World War II. Its call sign was the. The division was raised 7 February 1939 in Tokyo, simultaneously with 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th divisions.

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34th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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35th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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36th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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37th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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53rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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54th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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33rd Division (Japan), IJA 33rd Division.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)

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