Japanese Northern China Area Army
ActiveAugust 21, 1937 – August 15, 1945
CountryEmpire of Japan
AllegianceEmperor of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeArea Army
Garrison/HQBeijing
EngagementsSecond Sino-Japanese War

The Japanese North China Area Army (北支那方面軍, Kita Shina hōmen gun) was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

History

The Japanese North China Area Army was formed on August 21, 1937 under the control of the Imperial General Headquarters. It was transferred to the newly formed China Expeditionary Army on September 23, 1939. Headquartered in Beijing, it was responsible for direction and coordination of the Japanese military activity in all of north China. It was demobilized in Beijing at the surrender of Japan.

List of Commanders

Commanding officers

NameFromTo
1General Hisaichi Terauchi26 August 19379 December 1938
2General Hajime Sugiyama9 December 193812 September 1939
3Lieutenant General Hayao Tada12 September 19397 July 1941
4General Yasuji Okamura7 July 194125 August 1944
5General Naozaburo Okabe25 August 194422 November 1944
6General Sadamu Shimomura22 November 194415 August 1945

Chiefs of Staff

NameFromTo
1Major General Naozaburo Okabe26 August 193715 July 1938
2Major General Tomoyuki Yamashita15 July 193823 September 1939
3Major General Yukio Kasahara23 September 19391 March 1941
4Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe1 March 19416 November 1941
5Lieutenant General Hatazō Adachi6 November 19419 November 1942
6Lieutenant General Sanji Okido9 November 194214 October 1944
7Major General Gaku Takahashi14 November 194415 August 1945

References

  1. "Japanese North China Area Army 31 August 1937" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  • Dorn, Frank (1974). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937–41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor. MacMillan. ISBN 0-02-532200-1.
  • Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN B000L4CYWW.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.