Central China Regional Army

Central China Regional Army
General Matsui Iwane rides into the conquered Nanking, December 1937
active	November 7, 1937 to February 14, 1938
Country	Japanese Empire
Armed forces	Japanese armed forces
Armed forces	Japanese army
Branch of service	infantry
Type	army
Strength	approx. 300,000
Location	Shanghai
Butcher	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle for Nanking
Supreme command
list of	Commander in chief

The Central China Regional Army ( Japanese 中 支那 方面軍 , Naka Shina hōmengun ) was one of the regional armies of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1937 to 1938 .

history

The Central China Regional Army was set up in Shanghai on November 7, 1937 under the command of General Matsui Iwane and was subordinate to the Daihon'ei , the Imperial Headquarters of the Army and Navy. It consisted of the 10th Army and the Shanghai Expeditionary Army . From December 1, she took part in the Battle of Nanking . After taking the city, units of the Central China Regional Army participated in the Nanking massacre .

The Central China Regional Army was disbanded in Nanking on February 14, 1938, when General Matsui was ordered back to Japan because of the massacre. In their place, the Central China Expeditionary Army was formed under Hata Shunroku .

Commander in chief

	Surname	From	To
Commander in chief	General Matsui Iwane	October 30, 1937	February 14, 1938
chief of staff	Major General Tsukada Osamu	November 2, 1937	February 14, 1938

Subordinate units

• 10th Army (approx. 100,000 men)
• Shanghai Expeditionary Army (approx. 200,000 men)

literature

• Victor Madej: Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing, 1981, OCLC 833591372 , OCLC 833591376 .
• Bill Yenne, "The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941-42," Osprey Publishing, 2014, ISBN 978-1-7820-0932-0
• Philip Jowett, "The Japanese Army 1931-45 (1)" Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-1-8417-6353-8

Web links

• 総 軍 ・ 方面軍. Organization of IJA, accessed January 2, 2015 .  , Japanese
• List of Higher Echeron Army Headquarters. Organizations of IJA & N, accessed January 1, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 総 軍 ・ 方面軍. (No longer available online.) Organization of IJA, archived from the original on April 20, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Yenne, p. 54

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Matsui is the family name, Iwane is the first name.