Organization of Japanese Expeditionary forces in China

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Organization of Japanese Expeditionary forces in China.

Contents 1 Commanders-in-Chief of all Imperial Expeditionary Army in China 2 Conformation of North Chinese Army 2.1 Commanders-in-Chief, North Chinese Army 2.2 Deputy Chief of Staff in North Chinese Army 2.3 Chief of Staff, North Chinese Army 2.4 Asistant to Chief of Staff, North Chinese Army 2.5 Staff members, North Chinese Army 2.6 Officers attached to North Chinese HQ 2.7 Commanders in regular Armies, North Chinese Group 2.8 Special Units in North China area 3 Structures of Central Chinese Army 3.1 Commanders-in-Chief Central Chinese Army 3.2 Officers attached to Central Chinese Army HQ 3.3 Deputy Chief of Staff, Central Chinese Army 3.4 Chief of Staff, Central Chinese Army 3.5 Staff members in Central Chinese Army 3.6 Staff members in China Area Fleet 3.7 Commanders in Regular Armies, Central Chinese Army 3.8 Chief in China Affairs Board, Chinese Central Army 3.9 Special Units in Central China area 4 Structure in South Chinese Army 4.1 Commanders-in-Chief in Chinese South Army 4.2 Officers attached to South Chinese Army HQ 4.3 Chief of Staff, South Chinese Army 4.4 Staff officers in South Chinese Army 4.5 Commanders in Regular Armies, South Chinese Army 4.6 Special Units in the South China area 4.7 See also

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief of all Imperial Expeditionary Army in China

• Shunroku Hata:- Commander-in-Chief, China Expeditionary Army
• Otozo Yamada:- Commander Central China Expeditionary Army
• Toshizo Nishio:- Commanding General, China Expeditionary Army (full General)
• Yasuji Okamura:- Commander-in-Chief, China Expeditionary Army, (replaced Hata); formally surrendered his forces to Chinese General Ho Ying-chin

[edit] Conformation of North Chinese Army

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief, North Chinese Army

• Yasuji Okamura:- Commanding General, North China Area Army
• Gen Sugiyama:- Commanding General, North China Area Army
• Hisaichi Terauchi:- Commanding General, North China Area Army
• Sadamu Shimomura:- Commanding North China Area Army

[edit] Deputy Chief of Staff in North Chinese Army

• Sosaku Suzuki:- Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army

[edit] Chief of Staff, North Chinese Army

• Hatazo Adachi:- Chief of Staff, North China Area Army
• Sanji Okido:- Chief of Staff, North China Area Army
• Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Chief of Staff, North China Area Army

[edit] Asistant to Chief of Staff, North Chinese Army

• Masakazu Kawabe:- Assistant Chief of Staff, North China Area Army

[edit] Staff members, North Chinese Army

• Sanji Okido:- Staff Officer, China Garrison Army

[edit] Officers attached to North Chinese HQ

• Hidemitsu Nakano:- Headquarters, China Garrison Army

[edit] Commanders in regular Armies, North Chinese Group

• Masaharu Homma:- 27th Division Commander (LtGen), July (blockade of Tientsin foreign concessions, 1939)
• Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Commanding General, China Garrison Mixed Brigade,
• Raichiro Sumida:- Led First Army (HQ In Taiyuan, Shanshi)
• Sadamu Shimomura:- Twelfth, Forty-third Armies Chief
• Tadayasu Hosokowa:- Forty-Third Army, (Tsinan Area)

[edit] Special Units in North China area

• Unit 1855:- was detached in Peking (Peiping)

[edit] Structures of Central Chinese Army

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief Central Chinese Army

• Shunroku Hata:- Commander-in-Chief, China Expeditionary Army
• Otozo Yamada:- Commander Central China Expeditionary Army
• Toshizo Nishio:- Commanding General, China Expeditionary Army (full General)
• Yasuji Okamura:- Commander-in-Chief, China Expeditionary Army (replaced Hata); formally surrendered his forces to Chinese General Ho Ying-chin

[edit] Officers attached to Central Chinese Army HQ

• Masanobu Tsuji:- Eleventh Army Headquarters (Hankow)
• Prince Asaka:- Special Military Adviser attached to Chinese Central Army, he working along General Kesago Nakajima

[edit] Deputy Chief of Staff, Central Chinese Army

• Yuitsu Tsuchiashi:- Deputy Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army
• Toshimichi Uemura:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Shanghai Expeditionary Army

[edit] Chief of Staff, Central Chinese Army

• Masakazu Kawabe:- Chief of Staff, China Expeditionary Army

[edit] Staff members in Central Chinese Army

• Joichiro Sanada:- Staff Officer, China Expeditionary Army
• Masakazu Kawabe:- Chief of Staff, Central China Expeditionary Army
• Prince Mikasa:- staff Officer in the Headquarters, Central Chinese Army (Nanjing)

[edit] Staff members in China Area Fleet

• Joichiro Sanada:- Staff Officer, China Area Fleet

[edit] Commanders in Regular Armies, Central Chinese Army

• Korechika Anami:- Eleventh Army Commander (Central China)
• Kitsuju Ayabe:- Regimental Commander, 25th Cavalry (Central China)
• Takushiro Hattori:- Regimental Commander, 65th Infantry (China)
• Prince Higashikuni:- Commanding General, Second Army (China), General, with service in China--awarded Order of Golden Kite, 1st Class
• Kenzo Kitano:- 4th Division Commander, from Shanghai to Philippines campaign
• Naosaburo Okabe:- Chief of Sixth Area Army (Wuchang-Hankow and Hengyang)
• Ichiro Sakanishi:- Commander, Twentieth Army(Hengyang, Wuchang-Hankow)
• Hiro Sogawa: led Sixth Army (in collaboration with Thirteenth Army)
• Takuro Matsui:- Commander-in-Chief, Thirteenth Army (Lower reaches of Yangzte river, below Hukow (east Hsiaochinkow or Chiuchiang), along Southern Tientsin-Pukow Railline)
• Takashi Takamori:- Twelfth Army Commander, (Chengchow Area)

[edit] Chief in China Affairs Board, Chinese Central Army

• Teiichi Suzuki:- first Chief, Political Affairs Section, Asia Development Board (China Affairs Board), ("was charged with providing guidance for Wang Ching-wei's new regime at Nanking")

[edit] Special Units in Central China area

• "Tama Unit" (Unit Ei-1644):- with HQ in Nanking

[edit] Structure in South Chinese Army

[edit] Commanders-in-Chief in Chinese South Army

• Ando Rikishi:- South China Area Army Commander

[edit] Officers attached to South Chinese Army HQ

• Hidemitsu Nakano:- Headquarters, South China Area Army

[edit] Chief of Staff, South Chinese Army

• Hisaichi Tanaka:- Chief of Staff, Southern Expeditionary Army

[edit] Staff officers in South Chinese Army

• Masutaro Nakai:- Staff Officer, 2nd Division, Headquarters, South China Expeditionary Army, Colonel, Staff Officer, South China Expeditionary Army, (Canton)

[edit] Commanders in Regular Armies, South Chinese Army

• Hisaichi Tanaka:- Commanding General, Twenty-third Army, Canton (LtGen).
• Kuichi Tanaka:- Commanding Twenty-third Army (Canton)
• Yukio Kasahara:- Commander, Eleventh Army (Kweilin)

[edit] Special Units in the South China area

• "Nami Unit" (Unit 8604):- was detached in Kwantung (Canton)

[edit] See also

• Others Japanese Army units distacated in Chinese Front