Twelfth Army (Japan)

Twelfth Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Twelfth Army


caption=
dates= 1938-11-11 - 1945-08-15
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison= Zhengzhou
nickname=
battles= command structure
name= Japanese Twelfth Army
date=1945
parent=Northern China Area Army
subordinate=

* 18th Infantry Division
* 31st Infantry Division
* IJA 3rd Armored Division
* IJA 4th Cavalry Brigade

The nihongo|Japanese 12th Army|第12軍 |Dai-jyuni gun was a army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

History

The Japanese 12th Army was formed on 1938-11-11 under the North China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the provinces North China.

The 15th Army was demobilized at Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the surrender of Japan.

List of Commanders

Commanding officers


=Chief of Staff=

References

*cite book
last = Dorn
first = Frank
coauthors =
year = 1974
title = The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor
publisher = MacMillan.
location =
id = ISBN: 0025322001
*cite book
last = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6923
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Twelfth Army


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