Unit Name: | Japanese Eleventh Army |
Dates: | July 4, 1938 – August 15, 1945 |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Branch: | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Role: | Corps |
Garrison: | Wuhan, Japanese-occupied China |
Battles: | Battle of Wuhan |
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Japanese 11th Army was formed on July 4, 1938, under the Japanese Central China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the central provinces of China between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The 11th Army played a major role in the Battle of Wuhan. From September 1939, it came under the newly formed China Expeditionary Army and was transferred to the control of the Japanese Sixth Area Army in September 1944. It was disbanded at Quanzhou County (Guilin) in Guangxi province at the surrender of Japan.
Name | From | To | ||
1 | 23 June 1938 | 9 March 1940 | ||
2 | 9 March 1940 | 4 April 1941 | ||
3 | 4 April 1941 | 1 July 1942 | ||
4 | 1 July 1942 | 22 December 1942 | ||
5 | 22 December 1942 | 22 November 1944 | ||
6 | 22 November 1944 | 7 April 1945 | ||
7 | 7 April 1945 | 15 August 1945 |
Name | From | To | ||
1 | 20 June 1938 | 31 January 1939 | ||
2 | 31 January 1939 | 1 August 1939 | ||
3 | 4 August 1939 | 1 March 1941 | ||
4 | 1 March 1941 | 1 December 1942 | ||
5 | 1 December 1942 | 7 February 1944 | ||
6 | 7 February 1944 | 23 April 1945 | ||
7 | 23 April 1945 | 15 August 1945 |