Twelfth Army (Japan)

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Japanese Twelfth Army
Active November 7, 1938 - August 15, 1945
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Type Infantry
Role Corps
Garrison/HQ Zhengzhou
Nickname(s) Jin ("Benevolence")

The Japanese 12th Army (第12軍 Dai-jyūni gun?) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

History

The Japanese 12th Army was formed on November 7, 1938 under the North China Area Army as a garrison force for the occuparion the provinces North China. It served primary as a training and reserve unit, and participated in counter-insurgency operations.

The 12th Army was demobilized at Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the surrender of Japan.

List of Commanders

Commanding officers

Name From To
1 Lieutenant General Kamezo Suetaka 9 November 1938 12 September 1939
2 Lieutenant General Sadataka Iida 12 September 1939 1 March 1941
3 Lieutenant General Ichiji Dobashi 1 March 1941 1 March 1943
4 Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita 1 March 1943 7 February 1944
5 Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama 5 February 1944 7 April 1945
6 Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori 7 April 1945 15 August 1945

Chief of Staff

Name From To
1 Lt. General Asasaburo Kobayashi 9 November 1938 1 December 1939
2 Lt. General Yoshio Hongo 1 December 1939 2 December 1940
3 Lt. General Masafumi Yamauchi 2 December 1940 15 October 1941
4 Major General Etsujiro Kono 15 October 1941 10 December 1942
5 Major General Tadao Teragaki 10 December 1942 16 October 1944
6 Lt. General Makoto Nakayama 16 October 1944 1 September 1945

References

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