Eleventh Army (Japan) Explained

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.

History

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.

List of Commanders

Commanding Officers

Name From To
123 June 1938 9 March 1940
29 March 19404 April 1941
34 April 19411 July 1942
41 July 194222 December 1942
522 December 194222 November 1944
622 November 19447 April 1945
77 April 194515 August 1945

Chief of Staff

Name From To
120 June 1938 31 January 1939
231 January 1939 1 August 1939
34 August 1939 1 March 1941
41 March 1941 1 December 1942
51 December 1942 7 February 1944
67 February 1944 23 April 1945
723 April 1945 15 August 1945

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