Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office (sold) (大日本帝國陸軍参謀本部, initially as 參謀局)
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office (大日本帝國陸軍参謀本部, initially as 參謀局; 1872 - 1945) was tasked with Imperial Japan's strategic planning and command functions, enjoying direct access to the emperor and freedom from oversight by the civilian government. While the War Ministry handled tasks like mobilization and logistics, the General Staff managed war plans, military intelligence, and cartography (through the Land Survey Bureau 陸地測量部). At the end of the Second World War, an early task of the U.S. occupation authorities was to dissolve the General Staff as part of a wider demilitarization of Japan.
AKA: 大日本帝國陸軍参謀本部, initially as 參謀局
Macao, Unoccupied but under the Gun.
一万分一澳門市街素圖 / [Basic Street Map of Macao, on a scale of 1:10000].
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A scarce bilingual (Japanese and Portuguese) 1943 World War II-era city map of Macao produced by the Imperial Japanese Army's General Staff Office. During the war, the city played an important role as a haven for refugees as well as a conduit for weapons and money for the Chinese resistance. It was unique among foreign territories in China for never being occupied by Japan, though Japan did install military 'advisors' who effectively established a protectorate over the territory. (more details)