Eleventh Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Eleventh Army


caption=Japanese troops enter Wuhan
dates= 1938-07-04 - 1945-08-15
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Wuhan, Japanese-occupied China
nickname= nihongo|Ro|呂|Backbone
battles=Battle of Wuhancommand structure
name= Japanese Eleventh Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese Sixth Area Army
subordinate=

* 58th Infantry Division
* IJA 22nd Independent Infantry Brigade
* IJA 88th Independent Infantry Brigade

The nihongo|Japanese 11th Army|第11軍 |Dai-jyū-ichi gun was a army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

History

The Japanese 11th Army was formed on 1938-07-04 under the Japanese Central China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the central provinces of China between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The 11th Army played a major role in the Battle of Wuhan. From September 1939, it came under the newly formed China Expeditionary Army and was transferred to the control of the Japanese Sixth Area Army in September 1944.

List of Commanders

Commanding Officers

Chief of Staff

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=6922
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Eleventh Army