The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

History The Japanese 13th Army was formed on September 23, 1939, under the control of the China Expeditionary Army. It was based in Shanghai and surrounding provinces primarily a garrison force to maintain public order and to engage in counter-insurgency operations in conjunction with the collaborationist forces of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, and later with its successor, the Wang Jingwei Government. It was later tasked with deterring possible landings of the Allies in the lower Yangtze River area of east central China. It surrendered to the Chinese Kuomintang forces on August 15, 1945, at the surrender of Japan and was disbanded in Shanghai.

List of commanders

Commanding officer Name From To1 General Toshijiro Nishio 12 September 1939 26 October 19392 Lt. General Susumu Fujita 26 October 1939 2 December 19403 Lt. General Shigeru Sawada 2 December 1940 8 October 19424 Lt. General Sadamu Shimomura 8 October 1942 22 March 19445 Lt. General Sajishige Nagatsu 22 March 1944 1 February 1945 6 Lt. General Takuro Matsui 1 February 1945 15 August 1945

Chief of Staff Name From To1 Lt. General Shozo Sakurai 4 September 1939 20 January 19412 Lt. General Masami Maeda 20 January 1941 19 September 19413 Major General Yasuo Karagawa 19 September 1941 1 December 19424 Major General Isami Kinoshita 1 December 1942 17 January 1944 5 Lt. General Shinnosuke Sasa 17 January 1944 22 November 19456 Major General Toshi Yamamoto 22 November 1944 1 February 1945 7 Major General Akio Doi 1 February 1944 1 September 1945

Subordinate units 1941 China Expeditionary Army

15th Infantry Division 17th Infantry Division 22nd Infantry Division 116th Infantry Division

1945: 13th Army of the China Expeditionary Army 60th Infantry Division 61st Infantry Division 65th Infantry Division 69th Infantry Division 118th Infantry Division 161st Infantry Division 90th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) 92nd Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) 6th Independent Infantry Brigade

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