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The Japanese Central China Area Army (中支那方面軍, Naka Shina hōmen gun?) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
[edit] History
The Japanese Central China Area Army was formed on 1937-11-07 under the control of the Imperial General Headquarters as a reinforcement expeditionary army in the immediate aftermath of the Second Shanghai Incident. After the Battle of Nanjing, it was disbanded on 1938-02-14 and its component units were reassigned to the China Expeditionary Army.
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[edit] References
- Dorn, Frank (1974). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor. MacMillan.. ISBN: 0025322001.
- Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.