Thirtieth Army (Japan)

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Japanese Thirtieth Army
Active	1945-07-30-1945-08-15
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Hsinking, Manchukuo
Nickname	Hashi (敏, rapid?)
Engagements	Operation August Storm

Japanese 30th Army (1945)
Parent unit	Japanese Third Area Army
Components	39th Infantry Division 125th Infantry Division 138th Infantry Division 148th Infantry Division 2nd Engineering Brigade

The Japanese 30th Army (第30軍 , Dai-sanjyū gun^?) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.

Contents 1 History 2 List of Commanders 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] History

The Japanese 30th Army was initially raised on 30 July 1945 in the Manchukuo capital of Hsinking. As the war situation on the Pacific front grew increasingly desperate for Japan, the Imperial Japanese Army transferred more and more experienced divisions out of Manchukuo to other fronts. By early 1945, the vaunted Kwantung Army was largely hollowed out, and indications of a buildup of Soviet Red Army forces on the borders on Mengjiang and Manchukuo were alarming. The Japanese 30th Army was assigned to the Japanese Third Area Army, and based in southern Manchukuo, but it was raised only days before the invasion of the Soviet Army in Operation August Storm, and its force of under armed and untrained raw recruits, reservists and civilian militia were no match for the experienced battle-hardened Soviet armored divisions. After a brief struggle at Hsinking (during which time the remnants of the Manchukuo Imperial Guard also defected to the Soviet side, the Japanese 30th Army surrendered.

[edit] List of Commanders

	Name	From	To
Commanding Officer	Lieutenant General Shōjirō Iida	30 July 1945	15 August 1945
Chief of Staff	Major General Michio Kato	29 July 1945	15 August 1945

[edit] References

• Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X. 
• Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45). Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1841763543. 
• Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW. 
• Marston, Daniel (2005). The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1841768820. 
• Glantz, David (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 7). Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5279-2. 

[edit] External links

• Wendel, Marcus. Axis History Factbook. Japanese 30th Army.