The was an
area army of the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
during the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
.
History
The Japanese North China Area Army was formed on August 21, 1937 under the control of the
Imperial General Headquarters. It was transferred to the newly formed
China Expeditionary Army
The was a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1939 to 1945.
The China Expeditionary Army was established in September 1939 from the merger of the Central China Expeditionary Army and Japanese Northern China Area Army, and was headq ...
on September 23, 1939. Headquartered in
Beijing
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, it was responsible for direction and coordination of the Japanese military activity in all of
north China. It was
demobilized
Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and milita ...
in Beijing at the
surrender of Japan.
List of Commanders
Commanding officers
Chiefs of Staff
References
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*{{cite book
, last = Madej
, first = Victor
, year = 1981
, title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945
, publisher = Game Publishing Company
, location =
, ASIN = B000L4CYWW
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Military units and formations established in 1937
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945