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  2. Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Japanese marine paratroopers were the airborne forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.The paratroopers served under the Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai or Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), the professional marines of the IJN; The SNLF itself was one of several land-based units fielded by the IJN during the interwar-and WWII-period.

  3. Special Naval Landing Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF; Japanese: 海軍特別陸戦隊, romanized: Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai) were standalone naval infantry units in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and were a part of the IJN land forces. They saw extensive service in the Second Sino-Japanese War and in the Pacific theatre of World War II.

  4. Imperial Japanese Navy land forces - Wikipedia

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    Japanese naval infantry operating a Type 93 13 mm anti-aircraft machine gun. The Imperial Japanese Navy land forces were a variety of land-based units of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) organized for offensive operations, the defense of Japanese naval and shore-based facilities, military policing tasks, construction and engineering, training, and shore-based anti-aircraft roles; both overseas ...

  5. Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II - Wikipedia

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    An Imperial Japanese Navy I-400-class submarine, the largest submarine type of World War II. Japan had by far the most varied fleet of submarines of World War II, including manned torpedoes , midget submarines (Ko-hyoteki, Kairyu), medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines (many for use by the Army), long-range fleet submarines ...

  6. Emperor Hirohito: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy (Article XI of the Meiji Constitution of 1889). He also led the Imperial Supreme War Council conferences and meetings, in some cases a member of the Imperial Family was sent to represent him at such strategic conferences.

  7. Japanese Marines - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Japanese Navy. Forces under the aegis of the Imperial Japanese Navy land forces, particularly: . Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), the professional marines of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN); While the IJN did not explicitly refer to SNLF personnel as "marines," Allied troops generally referred to them as such.