Japanese Northern Area Army (31 August 1937)
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5th division
109th division
12 infantry battalions
109. Anti-aircraft company
109. Signals company
1st independent mixed regiment
Provisional air division
Anti-aircraft unit
Imperial guard division 7th AA company
Imperial guard division 8th AA company
Imperial guard division 9th AA company
1st division 5th AA company
1st division 6th AA company[1]
Japanese Northern Area Army (1945)
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The Japanese North China Area Army (北支那方面軍 , Kita Shina hōmen gun ? ) was a field 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 [ ]
Chiefs of Staff [ ]
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 Hatazō 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 [ ]
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 .