The Instructions for the Battlefield was a pocket-sized military code issued to soldiers in the Imperial Japanese forces on 1941-01-08 in the name of then War Minister Hideki Tojo. It was in use at the outbreak of the Pacific War. The Senjinkun was regarded as a supplement to the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors, which was already required reading for the Japanese military.

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  • The Instructions for the Battlefield was a pocket-sized military code issued to soldiers in the Imperial Japanese forces on 1941-01-08 in the name of then War Minister Hideki Tojo. It was in use at the outbreak of the Pacific War. The Senjinkun was regarded as a supplement to the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors, which was already required reading for the Japanese military. It listed a number of exhortations regarding military regulations, combat readiness, esprit de corps, filial piety, veneration of Shinto kami, and Japan's kokutai. The code specifically forbade retreat or surrender. On a matter often violated in practice, Japanese soldiers were instructed to “show mercy to those who surrender”. Towards the end of the war, copies of the Senjinkun were also distributed to the civilian population of Japan as part of the preparation for Operation Downfall, the expected invasion of the Japanese home islands by Allied forces.
  • 『戦陣訓』（せんじんくん）は、1941年1月8日に当時の陸軍大臣・東條英機が示達した訓令（陸訓一号）で、軍人としてとるべき行動規範を示した文書。現在ではこのなかの「生きて虜囚（りょしゅう）の辱（はずかしめ）を受けず」という一節が軍人・民間人の多量の無駄な討ち死に・自殺の原因となったか否かが議論の中心となっている。（後述参照）
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  • Instructions for the Battlefield
  • Senjinkun
  • 戦陣訓
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  • The Instructions for the Battlefield was a pocket-sized military code issued to soldiers in the Imperial Japanese forces on 1941-01-08 in the name of then War Minister Hideki Tojo. It was in use at the outbreak of the Pacific War. The Senjinkun was regarded as a supplement to the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors, which was already required reading for the Japanese military.
  • 『戦陣訓』（せんじんくん）は、1941年1月8日に当時の陸軍大臣・東條英機が示達した訓令（陸訓一号）で、軍人としてとるべき行動規範を示した文書。現在ではこのなかの「生きて虜囚（りょしゅう）の辱（はずかしめ）を受けず」という一節が軍人・民間人の多量の無駄な討ち死に・自殺の原因となったか否かが議論の中心となっている。（後述参照）
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  • Senjinkun military code
  • 戦陣訓
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