Japanese Tank Arm (1921-1939)
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The Japanese Tank Arm (戦車兵科) is often disregarded due to its comparatively "weak" tanks during World War 2. Yet, the Japanese were actually among the leading nations before World War 2 when it came to tank development although they only started in the 1920ies to produce their tanks. In this video we take a look at the development, the background, the Type 95 Ha-Go, the Independent Mixed Brigade and the Nomonhan Incident / Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939). Disclaimer: I was invited by the Tank Museum at Bovington to Tankfest 2019. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » Paypal Donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » Patreon Perks » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » Subscribe Star Community - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Ness, Leland: Rikugun. Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945. Volume I: Tactical Organization of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces. Helion & Company Ltd: Solihull, UK, 2016 (2014). Rottman, Gordon L.; Takizawa, Akira: World War II Japanese Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2015 (2008). Military Intelligence Service: Japanese Tanks and Tank Tactics. War Department. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, D. C., 1944. Zaloga, Steven J.: Japanese Tanks 1939-45. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2011 (2007). Millet, Allan R. (ed.); Murray, Williamson (ed.): Military Effectiveness. Volume 3. The Second World War. New Edition. Cambridge University Press: New York, USA, 2010. Searle, Alaric (Ed.): Genesis, Employment, Aftermath: First World War Tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945. Helion & Company Limited: Solihull, UK (2015). Drea, Edward J.: In Service of the Emperor. Essays on the Imperial Japanese. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln, US, 1998 Ferris, John: “Worthy of Some Better Enemy?”: The British Estimate of the Imperial Japanese Army 1919-41, and the Fall of Singapore. In: Canadian Journal of History, August 1993, p. 223-254. http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/fr/renault_ft.php #JapaneseTanks #Tanks #IJA
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