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    Landing Forces (SNLF; Japanese: 海軍特別陸戦隊, romanized: Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai) were naval infantry units of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and were...
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  • the following: Special Naval Landing Force or Rikusentai or kaigun rikusentai or Tokubetsu Rikusentai: the Japanese Marines The Base Force or Tokubetsu...
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    campaign of World War II. Japanese marines, known as Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai (Special Naval Landing Forces), with two small tanks attacked the Allied...
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    Division under Lt. General Yamaguchi Motoomi; the remainder were 540 naval rikusentai (marines) from the Imperial Japanese Navy.[citation needed] At the beginning...
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    Notoro together with Kamikawa Maru provided air support for Kure's 5th "Kaigun tokubetsu rikusentai" (Japanese: 海軍特別陸戦隊), a Special Naval Landing Forces unit...
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