List of military attachés in World War I

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.

Selected military attachés serving with Entente powers

Russia

Nakajima Masatake, Japan (1915).
Mitsumasa Yonai, Japan (1915).
Vidkun Quisling, Norway (1918).

France

James Collins, US (1917).

United Kingdom

Arne Dagfin Dahl, Norway (1916-1919).
Teijiro Toyoda, Japan (1914).
Nicholas Alexandrovich Wolkoff, Russia (1913-1919)

United States

Lieutenant Colonel Karl F. Baldwin, Japan (1917–1919).
Lieutenant Colonel Halsey E. Yates, Romania (1916-1920).
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Ruggles, Russia (1918).

Japan

Kichisaburo Nomura, Japan (1914–1918).
Major-General Katsusugu Iouye, Japan (1917–1919); awarded Distinguished Service Medal.
Lieutenant Colonel T. Mizumachi, Japan (1917–1919); awarded Distinguished Service Medal.
Captain Hsiao Watari, Japan (1917–1919); awarded Distinguished Service Medal.

Belgium

Arne Dagfin Dahl, Norway (1917-1919).

Selected military attachés serving with Central powers

Germany

Joseph E. Kuhn, US (1915–1916).

Ottoman Empire

Lt. Col. R.H. Williams