Tenth Army (Japan)

Tenth Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Tenth Army


caption=Japanese troops enter Nanjing
dates= 1937-10-20-1938-02-14
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Shanghai
nickname=
battles=Battle of Nanjingcommand structure
name= Japanese Tenth Army
date=1938
parent=Japanese Central China Area Army
subordinate=

* 6th Infantry Division
* 18th Infantry Division
* 114th Infantry Division

The nihongo|Japanese 10th Army|第10軍 |Dai-jyū gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

History

The Japanese 10th Army was formed on 1937-10-20 under the Imperial General Headquarters, and came under the control of the Japanese Central China Area Army on 7 November of the same year. It was an emergency reinforcement force to supplement the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army in China after the Second Shanghai Incident. The Japanese 10th Army subsequently participated in the Battle of Nanjing, and was officially disbanded in Nanjing on 1938-02-14.

List of Commanders

References

*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=6921
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Tenth Army


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