"The Manchurian Stormtroopers-1929-1933 " Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Feb 2014 10:03 p.m. PST |
"The Second Sino-Japanese Conflict of 1931-1945 saw thousands of different regiments, divisions, units, and armies, nationalities fighting throughout what is today Mainland China, Myanmar (Burma), Mongolia, and Korea. Torn apart by revolution and civil war from 1911-1930, China faced a great challenge to its national sovereignty when the mighty Japanese military decided to press its economic and political claims in Manchuria and Northern China beginning in 1930-1931. One of the most unique Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) units to fight in the earliest portion of the great Sino-Japanese conflict of 1931-1945 was the Skull Regiment, known alternatively as the Skull Squadron and as the "Manchurian Stormtroopers" for their unique regimental iconography and symbols. The Japanese Skull Regiment was seemingly inspired by the German Totenkopf, or Death's Head regiments/brigades of the 18th-20th centuries. Formed originally during the reign of King Frederick the Great of Prussia (b.1712-1786), the Death's Head hussars (light cavalry) became an elite branch of the Prussian and the German Empire's cavalry arm until its collapse in November of 1918. In a bid to break the British and French lines in the West the Imperial German Army created heavily armed shock infantry regiments in 1917-1918, many using the Totenkopf as a badge and regimental icon. These solders came to be known colloquially as assault or stormtroopers. Later the Totenkopf gained international infamy as a military symbol used by Nazi Germany's fanatical paramilitary forces, first the Sturmabteilung (SA) and later the Waffen-SS…"
Full article here.
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
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| Mooseworks8 | 07 Feb 2014 4:11 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2014 10:52 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
| mghFond | 07 Feb 2014 4:11 p.m. PST |
Being a longtime fan of Chinese history, thanks for this find, Armand! |
79thPA  | 07 Feb 2014 7:53 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2014 11:25 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it too my friends!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Cloudy | 08 Feb 2014 9:06 a.m. PST |
I'm just glad that they didn't choose the "happy face" or the Maneki-neko for their banner – things would be just… different… :-) |
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