Japanese Kwantung Army

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1945
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1919
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkb:Order_of_the_Golden_Kite
gptkbp:country gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:createdManchukuo yes
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Mukden_Incident
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria
gptkbp:fate defeated by Soviet Red Army
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Manchuria
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Changchun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese Kwantung Army
gptkbp:knownFor militarism
aggressive expansionism
autonomy from Tokyo
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Yoshijirō_Umezu
gptkb:Seishirō_Itagaki
gptkb:Shigeru_Honjō
gptkb:Otozō_Yamada
gptkb:Hideki_Tojo
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_August_Storm
gptkb:Khasan_Lake_incident
gptkb:Soviet–Japanese_border_conflicts
gptkb:Battle_of_Khalkhin_Gol
assassination of Zhang Zuolin
establishment of puppet state Manchukuo
gptkbp:notableFor atrocities in Manchuria
biological warfare experiments
gptkbp:notablePrisonerOfWar gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Unit_100
gptkb:Unit_731
Unit 516
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Imperial_General_Headquarters
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:responsibleFor gptkb:Manchurian_Incident
Unit 731 war crimes
gptkbp:role defense of Manchukuo
military operations in China
occupation of Manchuria
gptkbp:size over 700,000 personnel at peak
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:symbol Kwantung Army insignia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zhang_Zuolin
gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_Manchuria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5