The Japanese 33rd 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 a detachment of the IJA
10th Division commanded by Major Gen. Nakamura in the
Battle of Rehe
The Battle of Rehe (, sometimes called the Battle of Jehol) was the second part of Operation Nekka, a campaign by which the Empire of Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang and a ...
in the
battle along the Great Wall in 1933.
[Madej, W. Victor. ''Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945'' volsAllentown, PA: 1981]
See also
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List of Japanese Mixed Brigades
References
Japanese World War II brigades
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