Mongolia Garrison Army

Japanese Mongolia Garrison Army
Active December 27, 1937 - July 27, 1946 
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Type Infantry
Role Corps
Garrison/HQ Kalgan
Nickname ()
Engagements Soviet invasion of Manchuria

The Mongolia Garrison Army (駐蒙軍 Chūmōgun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

History

The Japanese Mongolia Garrison Army was raised on December 27, 1937 as a garrison force Japanese-dominated Inner Mongolia and adjacent areas of north China. From July 4, 1938, the Mongolia Garrison Army came under the administrative jurisdiction of the North China Area Army. January 1939 the IJA Cavalry Group was added, consisting of the IJA 1st Cavalry Brigade and IJA 4th Cavalry Brigade. In December 1942 the 4th Cavalry Brigade was sent to the Japanese Twelfth Army and the remainder of the Cavalry Group was converted into the IJA 3rd Tank Division.

During most of the Second Sino-Japanese War and due to the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Inner Mongolia was largely a backwater region, and the Mongolia Garrison Army, with its antiquated horse cavalry functioned largely to assist and train the Mengjiang National Army and Mongolian Cavalry Corps. It was thus unprepared for the massive Soviet Red Army armored assault at the end of World War II. The Mongolia Garrison Army was officially disbanded on July 27, 1946. Many of its survivors became Japanese POWs in the Soviet Union.

List of commanders

Commanding Officer

Name From To
1 General Shigeru Hasunuma28 December 1937 31 August 1939
2 Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama31 August 1939 12 September 1939
3 General Noasaburo Okabe12 September 1939 29 September 1940
4 General Masataka Yamawaki29 September 1940 20 January 1941
5 General Shigetaro Amakasu20 January 1941 2 March 1942
6 Lieutenant General Ichiro Shichida2 March 1942 28 May 1943
7 Lieutenant General Yoshio Kozuki28 May 1943 22 November 1944
8 Lieutenant General Hiroshi Nemoto22 November 1944 19 August 1945

Chief of Staff

Name From To
1 Colonel Tora Ishimoto28 December 1937 13 January 1939
2 General Shinichi Tanaka12 February 1939 1 August 1940
3 Lieutenant General Shigeru Takahashi1 August 1940 21 October 1941
4 Lieutenant General Toyojiro Inamura21 October 1941 1 December 1942
5 Lieutenant General Masao Yano1 December 1942 26 October 1944
6 Major General Ryozu Nakagawa26 October 1944 19 August 1945

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