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Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army)

Field	Value
unit_name	IJA Mixed Brigades
image	War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg
dates	1937–1945
country	Empire of Japan
branch	Japanese Imperial Army
type	Brigade
role	Garrisoning occupied territories
command_structure	IJA divisions
battles	Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II

the Japanese military unit

World War II The Mixed Brigade was one of the military units of the Imperial Japanese Army. The IJA had two types of Mixed Brigades.

Mixed Brigades

Main article: List of IJA Mixed Brigades

The first type was known as Mixed Brigade. This was the detachment of an infantry brigade from an IJA Infantry Division with various Divisional support units or sometimes units attached from its Corps or Army. This provided a combined arms force of infantry, artillery, cavalry and other support units.

Independent Mixed Brigades

Main article: List of IJA Independent Mixed Brigades

The second type was the Independent Mixed Brigade. These were detachments made of various units detached from other units or independent support units formed together in a brigade.

The first two of these Independent Mixed Brigades, formed by the Kwantung Army in the 1930s was the IJA 1st Independent Mixed Brigade and the IJA 11th Independent Mixed Brigade. These brigades were organized in unique manners and one of them, the 11th, was later formed into the IJA 26th Division.

Later a series of IJA Independent Mixed Brigades were formed for the purpose of garrisoning the large territories of China captured in the early phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

References

Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981

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