Japanese Second Army

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Second Army


caption= Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho
dates= Sept 1894-Aug 1945　
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=
nickname= nihongo|Ikioi|勢|Vigorous
battles=First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War IIcommand structure
name= Japanese 2nd Army
date= 15 August 1945
parent=Southern Expeditionary Army Group
subordinate=

* 5th Infantry Division
* 32nd Infantry Division
* 35th Infantry Division
* 36th Infantry Division
* IJA 57th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 128th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJN 2nd Marine Landing Brigade

The nihongo|Japanese 2nd Army|第2軍|Dai-ni gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on four separate occasions.

History

The Japanese 2nd Army was initially raised during the First Sino-Japanese War from 1894-09-27 to 1895-05-14 under the command of General Oyama Iwao.

It was revived for the Russo-Japanese War from 1904-03-06 to 1906-01-02 under the command of General Oku Yasukata. It fought in most of the major campaigns of the war, including the Battle of Nanshan, Battle of Te-li-Ssu, Battle of Tashihchiao, Battle of Shaho, Battle of Liaoyang, Battle of Sandepu, and Battle of Mukden.

The Japanese 2nd Army was raised again on 23 August 1937 and placed under the command of the Japanese Northern China Area Army as reinforcement to Japanese forces in China following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The 2nd Army participated in the North China Incident, Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation, Battle of Xuzhou and Battle of Taierzhuang before being demobilized on 15 December 1938.

The fourth and final incarnation of the Japanese 2nd Army was on 4 July 1942, when it was revived under the command of the Japanese First Area Army in Manchukuo. It was transferred to the Japanese Second Area Army on 30 October 1943 and commenced training for the projected Japanese invasion of Australia. Towards the closing stages of the war, on 30 June 1945, it was transferred to the Southern Expeditionary Army Group and was based in the Celebes at the end of World War II

List of Commanders

Commanding officer

Chief of Staff

References

*cite book
last = Jowett
first = Bernard
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45)
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841763543
*cite book
last = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW
*cite book
last = Marston
first = Daniel
coauthors =
year = 2005
title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841768820

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6887
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese 2nd Army