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.

Japanese Thirteenth Army
Japanese: 第13軍, romanized: Dai-jyūsan gun
ActiveSeptember 23, 1939 - August 15, 1945
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCorps
Garrison/HQShanghai
Nickname(s)Noboru (, Ascending)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sadamu Shimomura

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

NameFromTo
1General Toshijiro Nishio12 September 193926 October 1939
2Lt. General Susumu Fujita26 October 19392 December 1940
3Lt. General Shigeru Sawada2 December 1940October 8, 1942
4Lt. General Sadamu Shimomura8 October 1942March 22, 1944
5Lt. General Sajishige Nagatsu22 March 1944February 1, 1945
6Lt. General Takuro Matsui1 February 194515 August 1945

Chief of Staff

NameFromTo
1Lt. General Shozo Sakurai4 September 193920 January 1941
2Lt. General Masami Maeda20 January 194119 September 1941
3Major General Yasuo Karagawa19 September 19411 December 1942
4Major General Isami Kinoshita1 December 194217 January 1944
5Lt. General Shinnosuke Sasa17 January 194422 November 1945
6Major General Toshi Yamamoto22 November 19441 February 1945
7Major General Akio Doi1 February 19441 September 1945

Subordinate units

1941 China Expeditionary Army

1945: 13th Army of the China Expeditionary Army

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.
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