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The Japanese 10th Army (第10軍 , Dai-jyū gun?) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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The Japanese 10th Army was formed on 1937-10-20 under the Imperial General Headquarters, and came under the control of the Japanese Central China Area Army on 7 November of the same year. It was an emergency reinforcement force to supplement the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army in China after the Second Shanghai Incident. The Japanese 10th Army subsequently participated in the Battle of Nanjing, and was officially disbanded in Nanjing on 1938-02-14.
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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.
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