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The army" target="_blank">army groups (Chinese: 集團軍, also translated as group armies) of the National Revolutionary army" target="_blank">Army were the largest conventional mobile formations in the organization of the army" target="_blank">army of the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first army" target="_blank">army groups were established immediately after the Japanese attack at Marco Polo Bridge on 7 July 1937, and new army" target="_blank">army groups continued to be formed throughout the war.
During the war, the only military formations larger than the army" target="_blank">army group were the military regions, which were defined by geographical boundaries, and the army" target="_blank">army corps, of which only four were formed and only during the Battle of Wuhan. In effect, the army" target="_blank">army group was the largest fighting unit of the National Revolutionary army" target="_blank">Army, and usually exercised command over two or more field armies or several corps, and assorted lesser units. They were roughly equivalent in size to an army" target="_blank">Army in British or American military terminology. By the end of the war with Japan, 40 army" target="_blank">army groups of China were in existence. The civil war saw three additional army" target="_blank">army groups being formed, even as they were gradually being replaced by newly formed army" target="_blank">army corps, by then a largely analogous formation. The following list provides an overview of the army" target="_blank">army groups in the National Revolutionary army" target="_blank">Army, including their organization, commanders, and important battles.