Twelfth Army (Japan)

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Japanese Twelfth Army
Active 1938-11-11-1945-08-15
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Type Infantry
Role Corps
Garrison/HQ Zhengzhou
Japanese Twelfth Army (1945)
Parent unit Northern China Area Army
Components
  • 18th Infantry Division
  • 31st Infantry Division
  • IJA 3rd Armored Division
  • IJA 4th Cavalry Brigade

The Japanese 12th Army (第12軍 Dai-jyuni gun?) was a army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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[edit] History

The Japanese 12th Army was formed on 1938-11-11 under the North China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the provinces North China.

The 15th Army was demobilized at Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the surrender of Japan.

[edit] List of Commanders

[edit] Commanding officers

Name From To
1 Lieutenant General Kamezo Suetaka 9 November 1938 12 September 1939
2 Lieutenant General Sadataka Iida 12 September 1939 1 March 1941
3 Lieutenant General Ichiji Tsuchibashi 1 March 1941 1 March 1943
4 Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita 1 March 1943 7 February 1944
5 Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama 5 February 1944 7 April 1945
6 Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori 7 April 1945 15 August 1945

[edit] Chief of Staff

Name From To
1 Lt. General Asasaburo Kobayashi 9 November [[1938] 1 December 1939
2 Lt. General Yoshio Hongo 1 December 1939 2 December 1940
3 Lt. General Masafumi Yamauchi 2 December 1940 15 October 1941
4 Major General Etsujiro Kono 15 October 1941 10 December 1942
5 Major General Tadao Teragaki 10 December 1942 16 October 1944
6 Lt. General Makoto Nakayama 16 October 1944 1 September 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. 

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