#精品长文创作季#
Seiji Katsuki
First Army
Founded: August 31, 1937
Substitute: B
Army symbol: 1A
Place of formation: Tianjin, China
Superior troops: North China Front Army (1937-1945)
Region: North China (1937-1945)
Place of surrender: Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China
Past Commanders:
Kiyoji Kazuki, born in 1881, was a native of Saga Prefecture, a lieutenant general in the 14th and 24th in the 14th and 24th in the university. He was dismissed from his post due to a conflict with the commander of the front army, Shouichi Terauchi.
Term of office: August 26, 1937 - May 30, 1938
Umezu Yoshijiro, born in 1881, was a native of Oita Prefecture, a lieutenant general of the army (promoted to general in August 1940), a 15th term of the Rikushi and the 23rd term of the Rikudai.
Term of office: May 30, 1938 - September 7, 1939
Yoshio Shinozuka, born in 1884, was a native of Tokyo, a 16th term of Lu Shi, and a 23rd term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army. He committed suicide on September 17, 1945.
Term of office: September 7, 1939 - June 20, 1941
Yoshio Iwamatsu, born in 1886, was a native of Aichi Prefecture, a lieutenant general of the army, a 17th term of the Lu Shi and the 30th term of the University of the Army.
Term of office: June 20, 1941 - August 1, 1942
Yoshimoto Sadachi, born in 1887, a native of Tokushima Prefecture, was a lieutenant general in the 20th and 28th in the 28th term of the Rikushi (promoted to general in May 945). He committed suicide on September 14, 1945.
Term of office: 1 August 1942 – 22 November 1944
Tsukita Shoshiro, born in 1890, was a native of Ehime Prefecture, a 24th term of Lu Shi, a 33rd term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: November 22, 1944 - September 13, 1945
King Minoru Higashikurenomiya
Second Army
First formation
Founded: August 23, 1937
Army symbol: 2A
Region: North China (1937-1938)
Superior troops: North China Front Army (1937-1938) → Central China Dispatch Army (1938-1939)
Repealed: December 15, 1938
Past Commanders:
Nishio Toshizo, born in 1881, was a native of Tottori Prefecture, a 14th term of the Rikushi and the 22nd term of the University of the Army, and a lieutenant general of the army (promoted to general in August 1939).
Term of office: August 26, 1937 - April 30, 1938
Minoru Higashikunomiya, born in 1887, a member of the imperial family, the ninth son of Prince Asahiko of Kurenomiya, the uncle of Emperor Showa, the 20th term of Lu Shi, the 26th term of Lu Dai, the lieutenant general of the army (promoted to general in August 1939), the 43rd prime minister of Japan. With the status of imperial family and the rank of army general, he quickly controlled the situation in Japan at that time, and smoothly disarmed the 7 million Japanese navy and army in a short period of time.
Term of office: April 30, 1938 - January 4, 1939
Second formation
Founded: July 4, 1942
Codename: Potential
Army symbol: 2A
Regions: "Manchuria" (present-day Northeast China) (1942-1943), New Guinea (1943-1944→→ Sulawesi (1944-1945)
Superior troops: 1st Front (1942-1943), → 2nd Front (1943-1945), → Southern Japanese Army (1945)
Place of surrender: Sulawesi, Indonesia
Past Commanders:
Yoshio Kamitsuki, born in 1886, was a native of Kumamoto Prefecture, a 21st term of Lu Shi, a 29th term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: July 1, 1942 - May 28, 1943
Ichiro Nanata, born in 1886, a native of Saga Prefecture, was a lieutenant general in the 20th and 31st in the army.
Term of office: May 28 – October 29, 1943
Botaro Toshima, Lieutenant General of the Army.
Term of office: October 29, 1943 - March 27, 1946
Kaho Ishii, born in 1890, was a lieutenant general in the 24th and 32nd in the 24th and 32nd in the army.
Term of office: March 27 – June 1946 (acting)
Otozo Yamada
Third Army
Founded: January 8, 1938
Substitution: Rock
Army symbol: 3A
Superior troops: Japanese Kwantung Army (1938-1942) → 1st Front Army (1942-1945)
Area: Eastern Manchuria (part of present-day Dandong City, Liaoning Province, China, and part of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province) (1938-1945)
Place of surrender: "Jiandao City", "Jiandao Province", Manchuria (present-day Yanji City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, China)
Past Commanders:
Yamada Otozo, born in 1881, was a native of Nagano Prefecture, a lieutenant general of the army (promoted to general in August 1940). The last commander of the Kwantung Army.
Term of office: January 8 – December 10, 1938
Tada Jun, born in 1882, a native of Miyagi Prefecture, was a lieutenant general in the 15th and 25th in the army (promoted to general in July 1941).
Term of office: December 10, 1938 - September 12, 1939
Otaka Kamezo, born in 1884, was a native of Saga Prefecture, a 16th term of Rikushi, and a 28th term of Rikudai, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: September 12, 1939 - March 1, 1941
Shozo Kawabe, born in 1876 in Toyama Prefecture, was a lieutenant general in the 19th and 27th in the 19th and 27th in the army (promoted to general in March 1945).
Term of office: March 1, 1941 - August 17, 1942
Eitaro Uchiyama, born in 1887, was a native of Tokyo, a 19th term of Rikushi and 27th term of Rikudai, and a lieutenant general (promoted to general in March 1945).
Term of office: August 17, 1942 - February 7, 1944
Hiroshi Nemoto, born in 1891, was a native of Fukushima Prefecture, a 23rd term of Lu Shi, and a 34th term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: February 7 – November 22, 1944
Keisaku Murakami, born in 1889, was a native of Tochigi Prefecture, a 22nd term of Lu Shi, the 28th term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: November 22, 1944 - August 19, 1945
Nakajima Imago
Fourth Army
Founded: July 15, 1938
Substitute: Hikari
Army symbol: 4A
Superior unit: Japanese Kwantung Army (1938-1945)
Area: Northern part of Manchuria (part of present-day Heilongjiang Province, China) (1938-1945)
Place of surrender: Harbin City, "Binjiang Province", Manchuria (present-day Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China)
Past Commanders:
Nakajima Imago, born in 1881, was a native of Oita Prefecture, a 15th term of the Lu Shi, the 25th term of the Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army. One of the main culprits of the Nanjing Massacre.
Term of office: July 15, 1938 - August 1, 1939
Harem Jun, born in 1884, a native of Kyoto, was a lieutenant general in the army (promoted to general in August 1942).
Term of office: August 1, 1939 - September 28, 1940
Washizu Yuhei, born in 1885, was a lieutenant general in the 18th and 27th in the 18th and 27th in the army.
Term of office: 28 September 1940 - 15 October 1941
Isamu Yokoyama, born in 1889, was a native of Fukushima Prefecture, a lieutenant general in the 21st and 27th in the 27th term of the Lu Shi.
Term of office: October 15, 1941 - December 22, 1942
Kusaba Tatsumi, born in 1888, was a native of Shiga Prefecture, a 20th term of Lu Shi, a 27th term of Lu Dai, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: December 22, 1942 - February 7, 1944
Nishihara Kanji, born in 1890, was a 23rd term of Lu Shi and 33rd term of Lu University, and was a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: February 7, 1944 - March 23, 1945
Kamito Uemura, born in 1892, was a native of Yamaguchi Prefecture, a 24th term of Lu Shi, a 33rd term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: March 23 - August 19, 1945
Kojo Hōrō
Fifth Army
The first compilation
Date of compilation: December 8, 1937
Army symbol: 5A
Superior Army: Directly under the Japanese base camp (1937-1938)
Areas: Japanese occupation of Korea (1937) → South China (1937-1938)
Withdrawn: February 15, 1938
Past Commanders:
Kojo Kanro, born in 1882, was a native of Kumamoto Prefecture, the 14th term of the Lu Shi and the 21st term of the Lu University, and was a lieutenant general of the army. A member of the Imperial Sect, he actually manipulated Minister of War Yoshiyuki Kawashima as Vice Minister of the Army during the February 26 incident.
Term of office: December 8, 1937 - February 15, 1938
The second compilation
Date of compilation: May 19, 1939
Substitute: Castle
Army symbol: 5A
Superior troops: Japanese Kwantung Army (1939-1942) → 1st Front Army (1942-1945)
Area: Eastern Manchuria (present-day Ussuri River area, Heilongjiang Province, China) (1939-1945)
Place of surrender: Jining County, Dong'an Province, Manchuria (present-day Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, China)
Past Commanders:
Kenji Dohihara, born in 1883, was a native of Okayama Prefecture, the 16th term of the Lu Shi, the 24th term of the Lu University, and the lieutenant general of the army (promoted to the rank of general in April 1941). The number one spy of Japan's invasion of China, the person behind the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo and the planning of the autonomy of the five provinces in North China.
Term of office: May 19, 1939 - September 28, 1940
Shigeichi Hata, born in 1885 in Hiroshima Prefecture, was a lieutenant general in the 18th and 31st in the 18th and 31st in the University.
Term of office: 28 September 1940 - 15 October 1941
Iimura, born in 1888, was a native of Ibaraki Prefecture, a 21st term of Lu Shi, 33rd term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army. Together with Ishihara Waner and Isamu Yokoyama, he is known as the three feathers of the 21st period of Lushi.
Term of office: 19 October 1941 – 29 October 1943
Uemura Toshimichi, Lu Shi 22, Lu Da 34, Lieutenant General.
Term of office: 29 October 1943 – 27 June 1944
Shimizu Rules, born in 1890, was a native of Fukui Prefecture, a 23rd term of Lu Shi, a 30th term of Lu University, and a lieutenant general of the army.
Term of office: June 27, 1944 - August 19, 1945
Ryūhei Ogisu
Sixth Army
Founded: August 4, 1939
Substitute: Mamoru
Army symbol: 6A
Superior troops: Japanese Kwantung Army (1939-1945) → Chinese Dispatch Army (1945)
Area of responsibility: "Manchurian-Mongolian border" (present-day Haraha River area on the Sino-Mongolian border) (1939-1945) → Central China (1945)
Place of surrender: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Past Commanders:
Ogisu Ritsu, born in 1884, was a native of Aichi Prefecture, a 17th term of Lu Shi, 28 years of Lu Dai, and a lieutenant general of the army. After the outbreak of the Nomenkan Incident, he was urgently transferred to the command of the newly established 6th Army of the Kwantung Army on August 1, 1939. However, he was defeated by the famous Soviet general Zhukov that month, and after the armistice, he was held accountable and demoted to the General Staff Headquarters.
Term of office: August 1 - November 6, 1939
Yasui Fujiji, born in 1885, was a native of Toyama Prefecture, the 18th term of the Lu Shi and the 25th term of the Lu University, and was a lieutenant general of the army. After the outbreak of the 226 Incident, he became the chief of staff of martial law, and assisted the commander of martial law, Kohei Kashii, in suppressing the rebels.
Term of office: November 6, 1939 - October 15, 1941
Seiichi Kita, born in 1886 in Shiga Prefecture, was a lieutenant general in the 18th and 31st in the 18th and 31st in the army (promoted to general in March 1945).
Term of office: 15 October 1941 – 1 March 1943
Ishiguro Sadazo, born in 1887, was a lieutenant general in the 19th term of the Lu Shi.
Term of office: March 1, 1943 - January 7, 1944
Jiro Togawa, born in 1890, was a native of Yamaguchi Prefecture and a lieutenant general in the army.
Term of office: January 7, 1944 - August 1948
Tenth Army
Founded: October 20, 1937
Codename: None
Army symbol: 10A
Superior troops: There were no superior troops before December 1, 1937, and they were later subordinated to the Central China Front
Region: Central China (1937-1938)
Repealed: February 14, 1938
Place of Withdrawal: Nanjing, China (now Jiangsu Province)
Past Commanders:
Yanagawa Heisuke, born in 1879, was a native of Nagasaki Prefecture, a lieutenant general in the 12th and 24th in the 12th and 24th in the army. The backbone of the imperial faction, he was transferred to the commander of the Taiwan Army in December 1935, and was dismissed from his post in the purge army after the February 26 incident in 1936 and transferred to the reserve.
Term of office: October 20, 1937 - February 14, 1938