Japanese Northern China Area Army

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Japanese Northern China Area Army
Active 1937-08-21-1945-08-15
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Type Infantry
Role Field Army
Garrison/HQ Beijing
Japanese Northern Area Army (1945)
Parent unit China Expeditionary Army
Components

The Japanese North China Area Army (北支那方面軍 Kita Shina hōmen gun?) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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[edit] History

The Japanese North China Area Army was formed on 1937-08-21 under the control of the Imperial General Headquarters. It was transferred to the newly formed China Expeditionary Army on 1939-09-23. Headquartered in Beijing, it was responsible for direction of the Japanese military activity in all of north China. It was demobilized in Beijing at the surrender of Japan.

[edit] List of Commanders

[edit] Commanding officer

Name From To
1 General Hisaichi Terauchi 26 August 1937 9 December 1938
2 General Hajime Sugiyama 9 December 1938 12 September 1939
3 Lieutenant General Hayao Tada 12 September 1939 7 July 1941
4 General Yasuji Okamura 7 July 1941 25 August 1944
5 General Naozaburo Okabe 25 August 1944 22 November 1944
6 Lieutenant General Sadamu Shimomura 22 November 1944 15 August 1945

[edit] Chief of Staff

Name From To
1 Major General Naozaburo Okabe 26 August 1937 15 July 1938
2 Major General Tomoyuki Yamashita 15 July 1938 23 September 1939
3 Major General Yukio Kasahara 23 September 1939 1 March 1941
4 Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe 1 March 1941 6 November 1941
5 Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi 6 November 1941 9 November 1942
6 Lieutenant General Sanji Okido 9 November 1942 14 October 1944
7 Major General Gaku Takahashi 14 November 1944 15 August 1945

[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.