Meaning of IJA | Babel Free

Definitions

Initialism of Imperial Japanese Army, the army of Imperial Japan, predecessor of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, usually in reference to WWII.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“The Japanese, with their respect for hierarchy, while compelling all the lower ranks to work, made no such demands on the officers, who stayed in [the POW] camp and, bizarrely, were paid by the IJA a minuscule salary.”

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