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Kawaguchi Detachment, the Glossary

The Kawaguchi Detachment (川口支隊) was an Imperial Japanese Army brigade that existed during World War II.^[1]

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Military units and formations of the Imperial Japanese Army

Actions along the Matanikau

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces in the Pacific theater of World War II.

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Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region.

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Army Ministry

The, also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

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Battle for Henderson Field

The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal or Battle of Lunga Point by the Japanese, took place from 23 to 26 October 1942 on and around Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

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Battle of Borneo (1941–1942)

The Battle of Borneo was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island and concentrated mainly on the subjugation of the Raj of Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo, and the western part of Kalimantan that was part of the Dutch East Indies.

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Battle of Edson's Ridge

The Battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, Battle of Raiders Ridge, and Battle of the Ridge, was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces.

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Battle of the Eastern Solomons

The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and in Japanese sources as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea) took place on 24–25 August 1942 and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Guadalcanal campaign.

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Batu Lintang camp

Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese-run internment camp during the Second World War.

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Bengkayang Regency

Bengkayang Regency is a regency ("kabupaten") in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, (on the island of Borneo).

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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British Borneo

British Borneo comprised the four northern parts of the island of Borneo, which are now the country of Brunei, two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan.

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Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead.

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Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal (indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomons by area and the second-largest by population (after Malaita). The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous hinterland.

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Guadalcanal campaign

The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.

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Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)

Henderson Field is a former military airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War II.

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Howitzer

The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Independent Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army)

Between 1937 and 1945 the Japanese Imperial Army formed 126 Independent Mixed Brigades (numbered 1–136 with some gaps), typically composed of various units detached from other formations.

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Japanese invasion of French Indochina

The, (Invasion japonaise de l'Indochine) was a short undeclared military confrontation between Japan and Vichy France in northern French Indochina.

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Kiyonao Ichiki

was an officer in the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II.

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Kiyotake Kawaguchi

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Kokumbona

Kokumbona (also Kakambona) is a village on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

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Kuching

Kuching, officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Marine Raiders

The Marine Raiders are special operations forces originally established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare.

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Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer)

, was a Lieutenant General and commander in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Matanikau River

The Matanikau River of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, is located in the northwest part of the island.

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Miri

Miri (Jawi) is a coastal city in north-eastern Sarawak, Malaysia, located near the border of Brunei, on the island of Borneo.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

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Palau

Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific.

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Paramarines

The Paramarines (also known as Marine paratroopers) was a short-lived specialized combat unit of the United States Marine Corps, trained to be paratroopers dropped from planes by parachute.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Sandakan camp

The Sandakan camp, also known as Sandakan POW Camp (Malay: Kem Tawanan Perang Sandakan), was a prisoner-of-war camp established during World War II by the Japanese in Sandakan in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

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Savo Island

Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ocean.

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Seria

Seria (Jawi: ڤكن سريا) is a town in Belait District, Brunei, about west from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

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Singkawang

Singkawang or Sakawokng in Dayak Salako or San-Khew-Jong (山口洋), is a coastal city and port located in the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in Indonesia.

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Southern Expeditionary Army Group

The was a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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94th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaguchi_Detachment

Also known as 35th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army), IJA 35th Independent Mixed Brigade.

Kawaguchi Detachment, the Glossary

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Military units and formations of the Imperial Japanese Army

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