• Source: Thirteenth Army (Japan)

      • The Japanese 13th Army (第13軍, Dai-jyūsan gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.


      History


      The Japanese 13th Army was formed on September 23, 1939, under the control of the China Expeditionary Army. It was based in Shanghai and surrounding provinces primarily a garrison force to maintain public order and to engage in counter-insurgency operations in conjunction with the collaborationist forces of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, and later with its successor, the Wang Jingwei Government. It was later tasked with deterring possible landings of the Allies in the lower Yangtze River area of east central China. It surrendered to the Chinese Kuomintang forces on August 15, 1945, at the surrender of Japan and was disbanded in Shanghai.


      List of commanders




      = Commanding officer

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      = Chief of Staff

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      Subordinate units




      = 1941 China Expeditionary Army

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      15th Infantry Division
      17th Infantry Division
      22nd Infantry Division
      116th Infantry Division


      = 1945: 13th Army of the China Expeditionary Army

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      60th Infantry Division
      61st Infantry Division
      65th Infantry Division
      69th Infantry Division
      118th Infantry Division
      161st Infantry Division
      90th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
      92nd Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
      6th Independent Infantry Brigade


      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.


      External links


      Wendel, Marcus. "Axis History Factbook". Japanese Thirteenth Army.

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