![The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police, The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B033XM/the-kempeitai-military-police-corps-was-the-military-police-arm-of-the-imperial-japanese-army-from-1881-to-1945-it-was-not-a-conventional-military-police-but-more-of-a-secret-police-akin-to-nazi-germanys-gestapo-while-it-was-institutionally-part-of-the-imperial-japanese-army-it-also-discharged-the-functions-of-the-military-police-for-the-imperial-japanese-navy-under-the-direction-of-the-admiralty-minister-although-the-ijn-had-its-own-much-smaller-tokkeitai-those-of-the-executive-police-under-the-direction-of-the-interior-minister-and-those-of-the-judicial-police-under-the-direct-2B033XM.jpg)
The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police,
![I bought an original Japanese Kempeitai uniform that was used in "The Man in the High Castle" : r/maninthehighcastle I bought an original Japanese Kempeitai uniform that was used in "The Man in the High Castle" : r/maninthehighcastle](https://i.redd.it/hh7ga2hs6z761.jpg)
I bought an original Japanese Kempeitai uniform that was used in "The Man in the High Castle" : r/maninthehighcastle
![The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police, The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B033XP/the-kempeitai-military-police-corps-was-the-military-police-arm-of-the-imperial-japanese-army-from-1881-to-1945-it-was-not-a-conventional-military-police-but-more-of-a-secret-police-akin-to-nazi-germanys-gestapo-while-it-was-institutionally-part-of-the-imperial-japanese-army-it-also-discharged-the-functions-of-the-military-police-for-the-imperial-japanese-navy-under-the-direction-of-the-admiralty-minister-although-the-ijn-had-its-own-much-smaller-tokkeitai-those-of-the-executive-police-under-the-direction-of-the-interior-minister-and-those-of-the-judicial-police-under-the-direct-2B033XP.jpg)
The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police,
![The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police, The Kempeitai ('Military Police Corps') was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945. It was not a conventional military police, but more of a secret police,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B033XK/the-kempeitai-military-police-corps-was-the-military-police-arm-of-the-imperial-japanese-army-from-1881-to-1945-it-was-not-a-conventional-military-police-but-more-of-a-secret-police-akin-to-nazi-germanys-gestapo-while-it-was-institutionally-part-of-the-imperial-japanese-army-it-also-discharged-the-functions-of-the-military-police-for-the-imperial-japanese-navy-under-the-direction-of-the-admiralty-minister-although-the-ijn-had-its-own-much-smaller-tokkeitai-those-of-the-executive-police-under-the-direction-of-the-interior-minister-and-those-of-the-judicial-police-under-the-direct-2B033XK.jpg)