The was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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 on September 23, 1939. Headquartered in Beijing, it was responsible for direction and coordination of the Japanese military activity in all of north China. It was demobilized in Beijing at the surrender of Japan.
List of Commanders
Commanding officers Name From To1 General Hisaichi Terauchi 26 August 1937 9 December 19382 General Hajime Sugiyama 9 December 1938 12 September 19393 Lieutenant General Hayao Tada 12 September 1939 7 July 19414 General Yasuji Okamura 7 July 1941 25 August 19445 General Naozaburo Okabe 25 August 1944 22 November 19446 General Sadamu Shimomura 22 November 1944 15 August 1945
Chiefs of Staff Name From To1 Major General Naozaburo Okabe 26 August 1937 15 July 19382 Major General Tomoyuki Yamashita 15 July 1938 23 September 19393 Major General Yukio Kasahara 23 September 1939 1 March 19414 Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe 1 March 1941 6 November 19415 Lieutenant General Hatazō Adachi 6 November 1941 9 November 19426 Lieutenant General Sanji Okido 9 November 1942 14 October 19447 Major General Gaku Takahashi 14 November 1944 15 August 1945
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