Armies of the Imperial Japanese Army

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Army (軍, gun) was a term in the

General Armies

The General Army (総軍, Sō-gun) was the highest level in the organizational structure of the Imperial Japanese Army. It corresponded to the

The initial General Army was the

In terms of a permanent standing organization, the Japanese Army created the Kantōgun, usually known in English as the Kwantung Army, to manage its overseas deployment in the Kwantung Territory and Manchukuo from 1906.

Subsequent general armies were created in response to the needs of the

Towards the end of World War II, the home island command (i.e. the

With the official Japanese surrender in September 1945, all of the general armies were dissolved, except for the First General Army, which continued to exist until November 30, 1945, as the 1st Demobilization Headquarters.

Area Armies

Area Armies (方面軍, Hōmen-gun) in Japanese military terminology were equivalent to

The Japanese Army (軍, gun) corresponded to an army corps in American or British military terminology. It was usually commanded by a lieutenant general.

• • First Army
    – China
  • Second Army
    – China
  • Third Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Fourth Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Fifth Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Sixth Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Tenth Army
    – China
  • Eleventh Army
    – China
  • Twelfth Army
    – China
  • Thirteenth Army
    – China
  • Fourteenth Army
    – Philippines
  • Fifteenth Army
    – Burma
  • Sixteenth Army – Java
  • Seventeenth Army
    – Solomon Islands
  • Eighteenth Army
    – New Guinea
  • Netherlands East Indies
  • Twentieth Army
    – China
  • Twenty-First Army
    – China
  • Twenty-Second Army
    – China
  • Twenty-Third Army
    – China
  • Twenty-Fifth Army
    – Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra
  • Chishima Islands
  • Twenty-Eighth Army
    – Burma
  • Twenty-Ninth Army
    – British Malaya
  • Thirtieth Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Thirty-First Army – Truk
  • Okinawa
  • Thirty-Third Army
    – Burma
  • Thirty-Fourth Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Thirty-Fifth Army
    – Philippines
  • Thirty-Sixth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Thirty-Seventh Army – Borneo
  • Indochina
  • Thirty-Ninth Army
    -Thailand
  • Fortieth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Forty-First Army
    – Philippines
  • Forty-Third Army
    – China
  • Forty-Fourth Army
    – Manchukuo
  • Fiftieth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-First Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Second Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Third Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Fourth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Fifth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Sixth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Seventh Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Eighth Army
    – Korea
  • Fifty-Ninth Army
    – Japanese home islands
  • China Garrison Army – China
  • Mongolia Garrison Army- Inner Mongolia
  • Army of Tokyo Bay
  • Tokyo defense Army
• Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
  • Karafuto
    .
  • Second Air Army – HQ Xinjing, covering Manchukuo
  • Third Air Army – HQ Singapore, covering Southeast Asia
  • Fourth Air Army – HQ Rabaul, covering the Solomon Islands and New Guinea
  • Fifth Air Army – HQ Nanjing, covering Japanese-occupied portions of southern and eastern China.
  • Okinawa

Auxiliaries

• Manchukuo Imperial Army
• Mengjiang National Army
• Indian National Army
• Burmese National Army
• Kempeitai
• Japanese Korean Army

References

• Organizations of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine