Mongolia Garrison Army

The Mongolia Garrison Army (駐蒙軍, Chūmōgun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Japanese Mongolia Garrison Army
ActiveDecember 27, 1937 - July 27, 1946 
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCorps
Garrison/HQKalgan
Nickname(s) ()
EngagementsSoviet invasion of Manchuria

History

The Japanese Mongolia Garrison Army was raised on December 27, 1937 as a garrison force in Japanese-dominated Inner Mongolia and adjacent areas of north China. From July 4, 1938, the Mongolia Garrison Army came under the administrative jurisdiction of the North China Area Army. In January 1939 the Cavalry Group was added, consisting of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and 4th Cavalry Brigade. In December 1942, the 4th Cavalry Brigade was sent to the Twelfth Army and the remainder of the Cavalry Group was converted into the 3rd Tank Division.

During most of the Second Sino-Japanese War and due to the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, Inner Mongolia was largely a backwater region, and the Mongolia Garrison Army, with its antiquated horse cavalry functioned largely to assist and train the Mengjiang National Army and Mongolian Cavalry Corps. It was thus unprepared for the massive Soviet Red Army armored assault at the end of World War II. The Mongolia Garrison Army was officially disbanded on July 27, 1946. Many of its survivors became Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union.

List of commanders

Commanding Officer

NameFromTo
1General Shigeru Hasunuma28 December 193731 August 1939
2Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama31 August 193912 September 1939
3General Naosaburo Okabe12 September 193929 September 1940
4General Masataka Yamawaki29 September 194020 January 1941
5General Shigetaro Amakasu20 January 19412 March 1942
6Lieutenant General Ichiro Shichida2 March 194228 May 1943
7Lieutenant General Yoshio Kozuki28 May 194322 November 1944
8Lieutenant General Hiroshi Nemoto22 November 194419 August 1945

Chief of Staff

NameFromTo
1Colonel Tora Ishimoto28 December 193713 January 1939
2General Shinichi Tanaka12 February 19391 August 1940
3Lieutenant General Shigeru Takahashi1 August 194021 October 1941
4Lieutenant General Toyojiro Inamura21 October 19411 December 1942
5Lieutenant General Masao Yano1 December 194226 October 1944
6Major General Ryozu Nakagawa26 October 194419 August 1945

See also

References

  • Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X.
  • Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45). Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-354-3.
  • Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.
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