Sentai
Sign in to saveIn Japanese, is a military unit and may be literally translated as "squadron", "task force", "division (of ships)", "group" or "wing". The terms "regiment" and "flotilla", while sometimes used as translations of sentai, are also used to refer to larger formations.
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- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Operator
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan
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- native label
- 戦隊
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-00-00
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- Imperial Japanese aviation ''sentai''
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In Japanese, is a military unit and may be literally translated as "squadron", "task force", "division (of ships)", "group" or "wing". The terms "regiment" and "flotilla", while sometimes used as translations of sentai, are also used to refer to larger formations.
==Imperial Japanese aviation sentai== The term was used during World War II by the military of the Empire of Japan for Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) and Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) military aviation units equivalent to a group or wing in other air forces. However, the term had slightly different meanings in the IJAAS and the IJNAS.
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