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China Expeditionary Army

Army group · Japan · September 23, 1939 – September 9, 1945

The Japanese command over all its armies in China proper from 1939, headquartered in Nanjing, where Yasuji Okamura surrendered it on 9 September 1945.

Recorded for Second Sino-Japanese War.

Attached units 3

North China Area Army September 23, 1939 – September 2, 1945
Japanese 11th Army (1938) September 23, 1939 – September 2, 1945
Japanese 23rd Army (1938) September 23, 1939 – September 2, 1945

Engagements 4

Battle of Xuzhou December 1, 1937 – May 19, 1938
Battle of Wuhan June 11 – October 27, 1938
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang May 1 – June 24, 1940
Operation Ichi-Go April 17 – December 10, 1944

Movements

September 23, 1939 Nanjing headquarters · map
April 17, 1944 Directs Operation Ichi-Go (Operation Ichi-Go) · map
September 9, 1945 Surrenders at Nanjing · map

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