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List of military attachés in World War I

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The functions of a military attaché are illustrated by the American military attachés in Japan during the war years. A series of military officers had been assigned to the American diplomatic mission in Tokyo since 1901 when the US and Japan were co-operating closely in response to the Boxer Rebellion in China. The military attaché advised the United States Ambassador to Japan on military matters, acted as a liaison between US Army and the Imperial General Headquarters, and gathered and disseminated intelligence. The military attaché's office in Tokyo usually had two assistants and a number of "language officers" who were assigned specifically to learn Japanese whilst attached to Japanese Imperial Army regiments as observers. These "language officers" translated training and technical manuals and reported on conditions in Japanese military units.[1]

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Selected military attachés serving with Entente powers

Russia

France

United Kingdom

United States

  • Lieutenant Colonel Karl F. Baldwin, Japan (1917–1919).[7]
  • Lieutenant Colonel Halsey E. Yates, Romania (1916-1920).[citation needed]
  • Lieutenant Colonel James A. Ruggles, Russia (1918).[8]
  • Captain Franz von Papen, Germany (1913-1915)[a][b]

Japan

Belgium

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Selected military attachés serving with Central powers

Germany

Ottoman Empire

  • Lt. Col. R.H. Williams

Selected military attachés of fighting powers serving with Neutral countries

Persia

Mexico

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

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