X-Nico

unusual facts about Imperial General Staff



Military attachés and observers in the Russo-Japanese War

Also amongst the Western attachés observing the conflict were the future Lord Nicholson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; John J. Pershing, later General of the Armies and head of the American Expeditionary Force in the First World War; Douglas MacArthur, later a United States General of the Army; and Enrico Caviglia, later Marshal of Italy.


see also

Charles Harington

General Sir Charles Harington Harington (1872–1940), Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1918–1920, and Governor of Gibraltar, 1933–1938

Imperial General Headquarters

The Imperial General Staff Headquarters was completely independent of the civilian government of the Empire of Japan, including the Cabinet and even the Prime Minister of Japan.

Massingberd

Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (1871-1947), British field marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff