Twelfth Army (Japan)
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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 |
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| 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 |
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Chief of Staff
| | Name | From | To |
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| 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 |
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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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