Army War College (Japan)
The Army War College (陸軍大学校, Rikugun Daigakkō); Short form: Rikudai (陸大) of the
modernize and Westernize the Imperial Japanese Army. Much of the empire's elite including prime ministers during the period of Japanese militarism
were graduates of the college.
History
Supported by influential pro-German ministers and army officers, the Army War College was modeled after the
Oyatoi gaikokujin to provide training. The most prominent of these instructors was Major Klemens W.J. Meckel. He was influential in assisting in the reorganization of the standing army from a garrison-based system into a divisional system.[1]
Reporting directly to the
general
). Each year, the six graduates with the best marks were each awarded with an Army Sword by the Emperor and are collectively known as the Army Sword Club.
The college graduated 60 classes before it was abolished following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. Its building in Tokyo, constructed in 1891, was demolished after the war and replaced by a municipal junior high school in 1955.
See also
- Imperial Japanese Army Academy
- List of graduates of the Japanese Imperial Military Academies
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Naval War College (Japan)
References
- Harries, Meirion (1994). Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army. Random House; Reprint edition. ISBN 0-679-75303-6.
- Spang, Christian W; Rolf Harald Wippich (2006). Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945 War and Diplomacy. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-34248-1.
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