Japanese North China Area Army

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Japanese Northern China Area Army
Active August 21, 1937 ? August 15, 1945
Country Empire of Japan
Allegiance Emperor of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Type Area Army
Garrison/HQ Beijing
Engagements Second Sino-Japanese War

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

History [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Commanding officers [ edit ]

Name From To
1 General Hisaichi Terauchi 26 August 1937 9 December 1938
2 General Hajime Sugiyama 9 December 1938 12 September 1939
3 Lieutenant General Hayao Tada 12 September 1939 7 July 1941
4 General Yasuji Okamura 7 July 1941 25 August 1944
5 General Naozaburo Okabe 25 August 1944 22 November 1944
6 General Sadamu Shimomura 22 November 1944 15 August 1945

Chiefs of Staff [ edit ]

Name From To
1 Major General Naozaburo Okabe 26 August 1937 15 July 1938
2 Major General Tomoyuki Yamashita 15 July 1938 23 September 1939
3 Major General Yukio Kasahara 23 September 1939 1 March 1941
4 Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe 1 March 1941 6 November 1941
5 Lieutenant General Hataz? Adachi 6 November 1941 9 November 1942
6 Lieutenant General Sanji Okido 9 November 1942 14 October 1944
7 Major General Gaku Takahashi 14 November 1944 15 August 1945

References [ edit ]

  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 .
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