Japanese Karafuto garrison

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The Japanese Karafuto garrison was the Imperial Japanese Army force stationed in southern Sakhalin (Karafuto) responsible for the territory’s defense during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Japanese Karafuto garrison canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army unit ⓘ
military garrison ⓘ
conflict Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledTerritory Karafuto Prefecture ⓘ
southern Sakhalin under Japanese rule ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
duty defense of Japanese territory in Karafuto ⓘ
maintenance of public order in Karafuto ⓘ
protection of Japanese settlers in Karafuto ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
garrisonedIn Maoka ⓘ
Otomari ⓘ
Toyohara ⓘ
other military posts in Karafuto ⓘ
hasRole border security ⓘ
coastal defense ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
historicalRegion Karafuto ⓘ
linked to: Karafuto Prefecture
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Karafuto Prefecture ⓘ
location Karafuto ⓘ
linked to: Karafuto Prefecture

southern Sakhalin ⓘ
militaryBranch army ⓘ
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Japanese forces in the Soviet–Japanese border area ⓘ
Japanese home defense system in the north ⓘ
presentDayLocation Sakhalin Oblast, Russia ⓘ
linked to: Sakhalin Oblast
reasonForEnd Japanese surrender in World War II ⓘ
significantEvent Soviet invasion of southern Sakhalin in August 1945 ⓘ
surrender to Soviet forces in 1945 ⓘ
startTime before 1941 ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
Northern Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Far East ⓘ
linked to: East Asia

Soviet–Japanese border region ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
typeOfUnit infantry-based territorial defense force ⓘ
usedLanguage Japanese ⓘ

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South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → opposedBy → Japanese Karafuto garrison ⓘ