The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
History The Japanese 11th Army was formed on July 4, 1938, 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. It was disbanded at Quanzhou County (Guilin) in Guangxi province at the surrender of Japan.
List of Commanders
Commanding Officers Name From To1 Lieutenant General Yasuji Okamura 23 June 1938 9 March 19402 Lieutenant General Waichiro Sonobe 9 March 1940 4 April 19413 Lieutenant General Korechika Anami 4 April 1941 1 July 19424 Lieutenant General Osamu Tsukada 1 July 1942 22 December 19425 Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama 22 December 194222 November 19446 Lieutenant General Yoshio Kozuki 22 November 19447 April 19457 Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara 7 April 1945 15 August 1945
Chief of Staff Name From To1 General Teiichi Yoshimoto 20 June 1938 31 January 19392 Lieutenant General Takazo Numata 31 January 1939 1 August 19393 Lieutenant General Junsei Aoki 4 August 1939 1 March 19414 Major General Isamu Kinoshita 1 March 1941 1 December 19425 Major General Kunio Osonoe 1 December 1942 7 February 19446 Major General Sadatake Nakayama 7 February 1944 23 April 19457 Major General Banzo Fukutomi 23 April 1945 15 August 1945
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