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Imperial Japanese Armed Forces
Combined military forces of the Empire of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the present-day Japanese military, see Japan Self-Defense Forces.
The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF) were the unified forces of the Empire of Japan. Formed during the Meiji Restoration in 1868,[1] they were disbanded in 1945, shortly after Japan's defeat to the Allies of World War II; the revised Constitution of Japan, drafted during the Allied occupation of Japan, replaced the IJAF with the present-day Japan Self-Defense Forces.[2]
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Founded | 3 January 1868[1] |
Disbanded | November 1945 |
Service branches | |
Headquarters | Imperial General Headquarters |
Leadership | |
Emperor of Japan | Meiji (1868–1912) Taishō (1912–1926) Hirohito (1926–1945) |
Personnel | |
Conscription | 18–35 |
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History | Military history of Japan |
Ranks | Army ranks Navy ranks |
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The Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy functioned as the IJAF's primary service branches, with the country's aerial power being split between the Army Air Service under the former and the Navy Air Service under the latter.