- islands. He had
three main
groups under his command: 80,000 men of the
Shimbu Group in the
mountains east of Manila, 30,000 of the
Kembu Group in the...
- his “
Shimbu Group”, an
independent detachment, were made
wholly responsible for the
defense of
southern Luzon, from
Manila southwards. The
Shimbu Group...
-
tokubetsu kōgeki tai,
often abbreviated to 特攻隊 tokkōtai), also
called shimbu-tai, were
specialized units of the
Imperial ****anese Navy and
Imperial ****anese...
- May 31, 1945, and was the
critical battle that
neutralized the ****anese
Shimbu Group which controlled the
Sierra Madre mountain range east of
Manila and...
-
other challenge faced by
newly liberated city was its
water supply. The
Shimbu Group under Gen. ****uo
Yokoyama fortified their positions east of Manila...
- this
second sojourn in ****an he
received military training at the
Tokyo Shimbu Gakko,
followed by the
Imperial ****anese Army Academy. He
returned to Guangxi...
- The 6th
Division faced a
tough seesaw battle versus the
Shimbu Group as the ****anese
Shimbu Group created network of tunnels,
artillery positions, and...
- The
Tokyo Shinbu Gakkō (東京振武学校) was a
military preparatory school located in Tokyo, ****an.
Established in 1896 by the
Imperial ****anese Army for the purpose...
- 84
officers and men
aboard as well as all
kaitens and
their pilots. The
Shimbu group (神武隊) was
originally intended to
supplement the
previous attacks on...
-
southern s**** of
Manila Bay.
These forces belonged to the 80,000-strong
Shimbu Group, one of
three groups of the ****anese
Fourteenth Area Army
under General...
