{WW2} Japanese Empire: Imperial Army Rank & Structure Documentary

[@benavraham4397]

Thank you for covering a neglected subject. Perhaps you do conscription, basic training, and discipline in the IJA.

[@General-History101]

Thanks!, I really enjoy doing japanese stuff so I may do another episode of this.

[@wattrus6077]

Thank you! I love learning about the IJA. If you have any insight unto the role of the kempeitai and their jurisdiction in the Japanese military I’d love to learn about that too. Thanks again

[@General-History101]

Kenpeitai were just Japanese army secret police (like military intelligence) and their jurisdiction was pretty much everywhere the Japanese army was. They could not however, arrest naval officers etc or politicians or whatever as they only held influence in the army.

[@wattrus6077]

@@General-History101 oh yeah! They had a broad reach of influence that I'm trying to comprehend. They seem to be somewhat like an NKVD officer though also MP. I'm hoping to find out more about their infrastructure and how they were thought of by the branches of the military.

[@General-History101]

Yeah i think the best comparison would be a toned down NKVD officer

[@PropagandalfderWeiße]

Very good video, but could you add Kanji to the titles? Your pronounciation is very off (no blame for that, if I were to pronounce arabic ranks I'd botcher them too) and so as a non-native speaker of Japanese I don't know if for example the Chosa at 5:34 is actually Chusa 中佐 (which it is and you said), because Chu 中 means middle, which would make more sense than chosa (what you wrote), which could be 長佐 which is wrong but as a learner it sounds like a possibility. I was very confused, and had to look it up

[@General-History101]

Hi there, i’. Glad you enjoyed the video. I’m obviously not a speaker of Japanese haha and so yeah my pronunciation was off, though i tried to use google translate as a speaking guide it was a little unhelpful.

[@PropagandalfderWeiße]

@@General-History101 Google Translate is really bad at speaking any language and even more so with Japanese and translates Japanese (and Chinese) even worse, because Japanese is very context-sensitive and AI's don't get that haha

[@coldwarmilitaria6593]

Really nice!!

[@codyshi4743]

Very interesting nice video bro. And officially , under which rank in the IJA, can the officer be allowed to carried a sword and a pistol? Compared that to the western soldier ranking during the 18th to 19th century? Also do a military rank video on the Chinese National Revolutionary army during WW2.

[@General-History101]

The rank structure is pretty much the same for the Chinese, thank you so much for your support!!

[@agentepolaris4914]

I always wondered how they spoke when talking to each other, for expample if a soldier wanted to talk to his sergeant did the soldier said "Rikugun Gunso *Sergeant's name here!*" or "*sergeant's name here* Rikugun Gunso"!?

[@babbabooey1176]

For the Captain, Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant you actually showed the ranks of Sergeant Major, Sergeant and Sergeant again. Same with the Warrant Officer, as you showed a Private First Class.

[@General-History101]

Apologies for that, i must have been asleep that day. Hope you enjoyed the video though!

[@babbabooey1176]

@@General-History101 It's all right. I am very thankful for you shedding light upon this topic of history. God bless, and good luck!

[@grandcommander1140]

Nice

[@Andrew08893]

Yes

[@PropagandalfderWeiße]

Oh and English has a very weird spelling, so when any non english language writes a vowel, note, it is likely NEVER the English one. I isn't pronounced like English I but like English E

[@General-History101]

Very true

[@daveanderson3805]

Nice 👍 Great work

[@HaedenBeck]

Hello, this is Grand-Lobster-King on deviantART. You used my uniforms I drew for your thumbnail, please leave credits. Thanks!

[@General-History101]

Hi there, I’m gonna update the Thumbnail anyway to make it more appealing, and because I don’t wanna steal your work. Thanks!

[@HaedenBeck]

@@General-History101 Thank you for being honorable. Best of luck with the video.

[@General-History101]

You too!

[@sethdowner9893]

Love your videos

[@bntour178]

How do you call them when addressing them...like in english Sir or his excellency or honorable...how about in japanese...

[@General-History101]

I have no idea i’m afraid. I don’t speak Japanese

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

BRO IDK HIW YOU FOUND MY CHANNEL BUT IM GLAD I FOUND YOURS

[@talesfromburma2320]

Good video man 🙌🙌 Also may I ask if you know any info about the footage playing in the background? Thank you! 0

[@General-History101]

Ik literally nothing about the footage, i found it and it worked. Thanks for the thumbs up by the way, be sure to check out my other content thats recently been posted :)

[@josephvissarinovichstalin8684]

Great video Pal!

[@General-History101]

thanks, i think i've improved overall

[@josephvissarinovichstalin8684]

@@General-History101 Yep you did but I haven't watched the hole video yet. I will give you feedback when I will watch it later on

[@General-History101]

Seems strange you’d say that then..

[@josephvissarinovichstalin8684]

@@General-History101 Don't worry, I will watch it. I was at a work brake when I seen ur upload

[@MaitlandJones]

Thank you for this informative video. I myself am doing a master's degree in Japanese military history with a focus on the Russo-Japanese war. I was wondering if you happen to have any video/sources on force structure of the Japanese Army?

[@General-History101]

I do yes, though ive been wanting to redo them

[@MaitlandJones]

@@General-History101 Nice nice! I'll shoot you a subscribe and keep an eye out.

[@MaitlandJones]

@@General-History101Btw, going for an MA like me or doing a PhD?

[@General-History101]

@@MaitlandJones im only an undergraduate right now. :(

[@MaitlandJones]

@@General-History101 All good my dude, being well read in history is more important than having a degree on the subject in terms of being knowledgeable. I'm no degree snob. Fact of the matter is that I learned something today, from you. Whether it be in KZbin or Academia, I suspect you got a promising career ahead of you. Keep up the good work!

[@cessnalynabella5532]

what I needed. thank you!

[@General-History101]

your welcome :)

[@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226]

Showa not tenno.

[@General-History101]

Apologies for that mistake, hope you enjoyed the video though. I might remake this given a few of the errors