Home Defence List of Japanese government and military commanders of World War II




1 home defence

1.1 home defense headquarters
1.2 tokyo metropolitan area
1.3 tokyo divisional district
1.4 tokyo defense command
1.5 tokyo garrison headquarters
1.6 tokyo bay fortress detachment officers
1.7 maizuru fortified zone
1.8 tsushima fortress detachment
1.9 officer assigned general defense command
1.10 shinbu group (fourteenth area army command)
1.11 northeastern army district headquarters (japan proper)
1.12 northern district army command
1.13 western army district hq
1.14 western district army command
1.15 central district army headquarters
1.16 central district army command
1.17 chosen army district





home defence
home defense headquarters

otozō yamada: commander-in-chief, home defense headquarters
prince higashikuni naruhiko: commander-in-chief, home defense headquarters

organization



fifth area army , northern army district (sapporo)
eleventh area army , northeastern army district (sendai)
twelfth area army , eastern army district (tokyo)
thirteenth area army , tokai army district (nagoya)
fifteenth area army , central army district (osaka)
shikoku army district (zentsuji)
sixteenth area army , western army district (fukuoka)
seventeenth area army , korea army district (seoul)
tenth area army , formosa army district (taipei)
imperial general headquarters in matsushiro fortress, nagano prefecture

tokyo metropolitan area

toshizō nishio: governor of tokyo metropolitan area; commander of civil law enforcement divisions in metropolitan area, including keishicho, tokkō, kempeitai , tokeitai metropolitan units. imperial guards remained under own commander, reported directly emperor.

tokyo divisional district

jo iimura: commanding general, tokyo defense army; concurrently commanding general, tokyo divisional district

tokyo defense command

yoshikazu nishi: commander officer of tokyo defence command

tokyo garrison headquarters

kiichiro higuchi: staff officer, tokyo garrison headquarters
joichiro sanada: staff officer, tokyo garrison command

tokyo bay fortress detachment officers

shihei oba: commanding general, tokyo bay fortress, concurrently commanding general, tokyo bay detachment
tokumatsu shigeta: staff officer, tokyo bay fortress detachment

maizuru fortified zone

kanji ishiwara: commanding general, maizuru fortified zone

tsushima fortress detachment

kiyotake kawaguchi: recalled active duty, commanding general, tsushima fortress
list of army fortresses in japan proper

officer assigned general defense command

shōjirō iida: assigned general defense command

shinbu group (fourteenth area army command)

shizuo yokoyama: commanding general, shinbu group (fourteenth area army command)

northeastern army district headquarters (japan proper)

sinichi tanaka: attached northeastern army district headquarters (japan proper)

northern district army command

kiichiro higuchi: concurrently commanding general, northern district army command

western army district hq

kanji nishihara: attached western army district headquarters

western district army command

shizuo sakaguchi: attached western district army command

central district army headquarters

joichiro sanada: central district army headquarters

central district army command

masakazu kawabe: concurrently commanding general, central district army command

chosen army district

seishirō itagaki: concurrently commanding general, chosen district army command






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