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- ↑ Ness 2014, p. 317.
- ↑ Headquarters United States Army Japan 1959, p. 168.
- ↑ Ness 2014, p. 330.
- ↑ Craven & Cate 1953, p. 109.
- Works consulted
- Craven, Wesley; Cate, James, eds. (1953). The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki. The Army Air Forces in World War II. Volume V. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. OCLC 256469807.
- Headquarters United States Army Japan (1959). Japanese Monograph No. 45 : History of Imperial General Headquarters Army Section (Revised ed.). HyperWar Project.
- Ness, Leland S. (2014). Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces, 1937–1945. Volume 1: Tactical Organization of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces. Solihull, United Kingdom: Helion. ISBN 9781909982000.