Japanese Sixth Area Army

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Sixth Area Army


caption=
dates= 1944-08-25 - 1945-08-15
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Field Army
garrison=Hankou
nickname= 統 (tō = “unity”)
battles=command structure
name= Japanese Sixth Area Army
date=1945
parent=China Expeditionary Army
subordinate=

* Japanese 11th Army
* Japanese 20th Army
* 132nd Infantry Division
* IJA 17th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 83rd Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 84th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 85th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 5th Independent Infantry Brigade
* IJA 6th Independent Infantry Brigade
* IJA 11th Independent Infantry Brigade
* IJA 12th Independent Infantry Brigade
The nihongo| Japanese Sixth Area Army|第6方面軍|Dai roku hōmen gun was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. [Madej, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 ]

History

The Japanese 6th Area Army was formed on 1944-08-25 under the China Expeditionary Army primarily as a military reserve and garrison force for the occupation of the central provinces of China between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. [Dorn, The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41] After the success of Operation Ichi-Go, many veteran units were transferred out of China to fronts in the Pacific War, which left the 6th Area Army to guard gains in central China. The 6th Area Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 at Hankou (part of modern Wuhan) in China, without having seen significant combat.

List of Commanders

Commanding officer

Chief of Staff

References

Books

*cite book
last = Dorn
first = Frank
coauthors =
year = 1974
title = The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor
publisher = MacMillan.
location =
id = ISBN: 0025322001
*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

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6741
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Sixth Area Army

Notes