Japanese Southern China Area Army

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Japanese South China Area Army
Active	1940-02-09-1941-06-26
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Field Army
Garrison/HQ	Canton

Japanese South China Area Army (1940-1941)
Parent unit	China Expeditionary Army
Components	IJA 22nd Army (Nanning) - Lt. General Seiichi Kuno 5th Infantry Division - General Hitoshi Imamura IJA Guards Mixed Brigade - Major General Takeshi Sakurada IJA Taiwan Mixed Brigade - Major General Sadaichi Shioda 18th Infantry Division - Lt. General Seiichi Kuno 38th Infantry Division - Lt. General Yoji Fujii 104th Infantry Division - <brLt. General Kisaburo Hamamoto 106th Infantry Division - Lt. General Ryotaro Nakai (9 March 1940 - disbanded) IJA 21st Independent Aviation Corps

The Japanese South China Area Army (南支那方面軍, Minami Shina hōmen gun^?) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during Second Sino-Japanese War.

Contents 1 History 2 List of Commanders 2.1 Commanding officer 2.2 Chief of Staff 3 References 3.1 Books 3.2 External links 3.3 Notes

[edit] History

The Japanese South China Area Army was formed on 1940-02-09 under the control of the China Expeditionary Army. It was transferred to direct control by the Imperial General Headquarters on 1940-07-23. Headquartered in Canton, it was responsible for direction of the Japanese invasion of southern China, garrisoning Japanese-occupied Guangdong Province and controlling military operations in neighboring Guangxi Province. It was disbanded on 1941-06-26 and its component units were reassigned back to the China Expeditionary Army.

[edit] List of Commanders

[edit] Commanding officer

	Name	From	To
1	Lieutenant General Rikichi Ando	10 February 1940	5 October 1940
2	Lieutenant General Jun Ushiroku	5 October 1940	28 June 1940

[edit] Chief of Staff

	Name	From	To
1	Major General Hiroshi Nemoto	10 February 1940	1 March 1941
2	Major General Rimpei Katō	10 February 1940	28 June 1941

[edit] References

[edit] Books

• 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. 

[edit] External links

• Wendel, Marcus. Axis History Factbook. Japanese Southern China Area Army.

[edit] Notes

• On March 9, the 106th division was recalled to Japan for demobilization from Central China. It was disbanded in Central China in April 1940 never having reached South China.