The 24th Mixed Brigade was a military unit of the
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...
.
History
This
Mixed Brigade was sent by the
12th Division from
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
to the
Battle of Shanghai in 1932.
[Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'', 2 vols.Allentown, PA: 1981]
Organization
*24th Mixed Brigade – ?, 3,000 troops
** 2nd Battalion / 14th Infantry Regiment
** 1st Battalion / 24th Infantry Regiment
** 1st Battalion / 46th Infantry Regiment
** 1st Battalion / 48th Infantry Regiment
** 1 Squadron Cavalry
** 2nd Battalion / 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment (two Batteries)
** 2nd Company / 18th Engineer Battalion
See also
*
Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army)
*
List of Japanese Mixed Brigades
References
External links
Axis History Forum: SHANGHAI 1932
Japanese World War II brigades
J
{{Japan-mil-unit-stub