Japanese Northern China Area Army
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Japanese Northern China Area Army | |
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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) | |
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Parent unit | China Expeditionary Army |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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.