Regional army
A regional army ( Japanese 方面軍 , hōmengun ) was a large unit (similar to the German army ) in the organizational structure of the Imperial Japanese Army , which was composed of several corps or directly subordinate divisions and independent mixed brigades and was responsible for warfare in a certain region was. At the beginning of the Pacific War there was one regional army, at the end of the war there were 17.
The higher-level unit of the regional army was the main army .
A regional army was commanded by a lieutenant general or a general .
Regional armies (as of 1945)
The locations in brackets indicate the location of the regional army command.
- 1st Regional Army ( China , Dunhua City)
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2nd Regional Army ( New Guinea )
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2nd Army
- 3rd division
- 35th division
- 36th division
- more small units
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18th Army
- 20th division
- 41st Division
- 51st Division
- more small units
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19th Army
- 5th division
- 46th Division
- 48th division
- more small units
- 4th Air Army
- 1. Field base unit
- 2. Field base unit
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2nd Army
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3rd Regional Army (China, Fengtian City (today: Shenyang ))
- 30th Army
- 44th Army
- 108th Division
- 136th Division
- 79th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 130th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 134th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 1st independent tank brigade
-
5th Regional Army ( Japan , Sapporo )
- 7th division
- 42nd division
- 88th division
- 89th Division
- 91st Division
- 101st Independent Mixed Brigade
- 129th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 1st Air Division
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6th Regional Army (China, Hankou City)
- 11th Army
- 12th Army
- 132nd Division
- 17th independent mixed brigade
- 83rd Independent Mixed Brigade
- 84th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 85th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 5th Independent Infantry Brigade
- 7th Independent Infantry Brigade
- 12th Independent Infantry Brigade
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7th Regional Army ( Malaya , Singapore )
- 25th Army
- 29th Army
- 16th Army
- 37th Army
- 46th Division
- 26th independent mixed brigade
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10th Regional Army ( Taiwan , Taipei )
- 32nd Army
- 9th division
- 12th division
- 50th division
- 66th Division
- 71st Division
- 75th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 76th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 100th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 102nd Independent Mixed Brigade
- 103rd Independent Mixed Brigade
- 112th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 61st Independent Mixed Brigade
- 8th Air Division
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11th Regional Army (Japan, Sendai )
- 50th Army
- 72nd Division
- 142nd Division
- 222nd Division
- 322nd Division
- 113th Independent Mixed Brigade
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12th Regional Army (Japan, Tokyo )
- 36th Army
- 51st Army
- 52nd Army
- 53rd Army
- Tokyo Bay Corps
- Tokyo Defense Army
- 1st Guard Division
- 321st Division
- 66th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 67th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 1st anti-aircraft division (flak)
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13th Regional Army (Japan, Nagoya )
- 54th Army
- 73rd Division
- 153rd Division
- 229th Division
- 8th independent tank brigade
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15th Regional Army (Japan, Osaka )
- 55th Army
- 59th Army
- 144th Division
- 225th Division
- 123rd Independent Mixed Brigade
- 3rd anti-aircraft division (flak)
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16th Regional Army (Japan, Futsuka City (today: Chikushino ))
- 40th Army
- 56th Army
- 57th Army
- 25th division
- 57th Division
- 216th Division
- 4th anti-aircraft division (flak)
- 64th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 107th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 118th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 122nd Independent Mixed Brigade
- 126th Independent Mixed Brigade
- Tsushima fortress
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17th Regional Army ( Korea , Seoul )
- 58th Army
- 120th division
- 150th division
- 160th division
- 320th division
- 127th Independent Mixed Brigade
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18th Regional Army ( Thailand , Bangkok )
- 15th Army
- 15th division
- 22nd division
- 29th independent mixed brigade
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Burma Regional Army ( Burma )
- 28th Army
- 33rd Army
- 31st division
- 33rd Division
- 56th Division
- 24th independent mixed brigade
- 105th Independent Mixed Brigade
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Northern China Regional Army (China, Beijing )
- 1st Army
- 12th Army
- Mongolia Army
- 43rd Army
- 1st independent mixed brigade
- 8th independent mixed brigade
- 9th independent mixed brigade
- 2nd independent infantry brigade
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South China Regional Army
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22nd Army
- 5th division
- Mixed Brigade Guard
- Taiwan Mixed Brigade
- 18th division
- 38th Division
- 104th Division
- 106th Division
- 21. Independent Air Corps
-
22nd Army
Remarks
- ↑ In the Imperial Japanese Army, the units called "Army" corresponded to the corps of Western armies.