Before World War II, the Japanese army had 17 permanent divisions, as well as several special divisions such as tanks and army aviation, and their equipment and combat capabilities were relatively advanced even in the world, and most of the belligerent armies at the beginning of World War II were equipped with 5 bolt-action rifles, and the Japanese light machine guns and grenadiers were implemented into the detachment, equivalent to the squads of other armies.
In addition, the infantry brigade had the fire cover of 36 heavy machine guns and 6 70 mm 92 infantry guns, especially 81 50 mm Type 89 grenadiers, that is, the heavy use of light mortars, the Combat Effectiveness of the Japanese Army was very strong.
As for the division commanders of the Japanese army, the initial establishment was a four-unit system, that is, the division had two brigades and regiments under its jurisdiction; the brigade had two infantry companies under its jurisdiction, and there were more than 28,000 members in the division and regiment, and the supreme commander of its division was the division commander, which was still very good, and the general benchmark rank was lieutenant general.
The War of Resistance Broke Out in full swing, and after several major battles, the Japanese army sharply expanded the area occupied by the war, and the strength of the troops was stretched; in particular, when the Pacific War broke out and the brutal campaign to seize the island, the permanent divisions of the Japanese army were almost exhausted, so many divisions and regiments were expanded.
Due to the decline in the quality of troops, even many people in Bay Bay and South Korea wore Japanese uniforms to participate in World War II, and the Japanese army reorganized the divisions and regiments into four different types of divisions. Among them, the Ding Division was expanded from a mixed brigade, with only 3 infantry companies under its jurisdiction, with a strength of only 11,000 troops, and most of the division commanders had the rank of major general.
Therefore, only from the perspective of the strength allocation of Japanese divisions and regiments, the division commanders of the standing divisions before the war and in the early stages of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression had the rank of lieutenant general, with about 28,000 people under their command, equivalent to the lieutenant generals of the armies of other belligerent countries.
In the later period, the commander of the Ding Division, which was expanded by the mixed brigade and regiment, had only more than 10,000 troops, and most of the division commanders had the rank of major general, so they were equivalent to the major general division commanders of the armies of other belligerent countries.
In summary, the division commanders of the Japanese army, due to the different troop configurations and different ranks, are equivalent to the lieutenant generals and major general division commanders of other national armies. The commander of the B Division, which has more than 24,000 people, can also be regarded as the commander of the lieutenant general of the army of other belligerent countries.
The C division of more than 15,000 people is more special, because the division commander has the rank of both lieutenant general and major general, only from the perspective of troop allocation, it is equivalent to the commander of the general and the major general division commander in the army of other belligerent countries, both of which are reliable and similar.