China Expeditionary Army
Army group · Japan · September 12, 1939 – September 9, 1945 · 1,050,000 strong
The Japanese command over all its armies in China proper from 1939, headquartered in Nanjing, where Yasuji Okamura surrendered it on 9 September 1945.
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Attached units 3
- September 23, 1939 – September 2, 1945 North China Area Army
- September 23, 1939 – September 2, 1945 Eleventh Army (Japan)
- September 23, 1939 – September 2, 1945 Japanese 23rd Army
People who served 3
Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: 1,050,000
Movements
- December 1, 1937 – May 19, 1938 Battle of Xuzhou
- March 24 – April 7, 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang
- June 11 – October 27, 1938 Battle of Wuhan
- September 23, 1939 Nanjing headquarters Map
- May 1 – June 24, 1940 Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
- August 20 – December 5, 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive
- May 7–27, 1941 Battle of South Shanxi
- January 15, 1942 Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)
- May 12 – June 3, 1943 Battle of West Hubei
- April 17, 1944 Operation Ichi-Go Directs Operation Ichi-Go Map
- September 9, 1945 Surrenders at Nanjing Map