Central China Expeditionary Army
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Central China Expeditionary Army was a field army
of the Imperial Japanese Army
during the Second Sino-Japanese War
.
On November 7, 1937 Japanese Central China Area Army
(CCAA) was organized as a reinforcement
expeditionary army by combining the Shanghai Expeditionary Army
(SEF) and the IJA Tenth Army
. General Iwane Matsui
was appointed as its commander-in-chief, concurrent with his assignment as commander-in-chief of the SEF. Matsui reported directly to Imperial General Headquarters
. After the Battle of Nanjing
, the CCAA was disbanded on February 14, 1938 and its component units were reassigned to the China Expeditionary Army.
On September 12, 1939 by Army Order 362, the China Expeditionary Army was formed with the merger of the Central China Expeditionary Army with the Northern China Area Army.
Commanding officer
Field army
A Field Army, or Area Army, usually referred to simply as an Army, is a term used by many national military forces for a military formation superior to a corps and beneath an army group....
of the Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army
-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...
during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
.
On November 7, 1937 Japanese Central China Area Army
Japanese Central China Area Army
The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:On November 7, 1937 Japanese Central China Area Army was organized as a reinforcement expeditionary army by combining the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and the IJA Tenth Army...
(CCAA) was organized as a reinforcement
Reinforcement
Reinforcement is a term in operant conditioning and behavior analysis for the process of increasing the rate or probability of a behavior in the form of a "response" by the delivery or emergence of a stimulus Reinforcement is a term in operant conditioning and behavior analysis for the process of...
expeditionary army by combining the Shanghai Expeditionary Army
Shanghai Expeditionary Army
The was a corps-level ad hoc Japanese army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.The Shanghai Expeditionary Army was first raised on February 25, 1932 as a reinforcement for Japanese forces involved during the First Battle of Shanghai...
(SEF) and the IJA Tenth Army
Tenth Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:The Japanese 10th Army was formed on October 20, 1937 under the Imperial General Headquarters, and came under the control of the Japanese Central China Area Army on November 7 of the same year...
. General Iwane Matsui
Iwane Matsui
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary forces sent to China in World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for responsibility over the Nanking Massacre.-Early life...
was appointed as its commander-in-chief, concurrent with his assignment as commander-in-chief of the SEF. Matsui reported directly to Imperial General Headquarters
Imperial General Headquarters
The as part of the Supreme War Council was established in 1893 to coordinate efforts between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during wartime...
. After the Battle of Nanjing
Battle of Nanjing
The Battle of Nanking began after the fall of Shanghai on October 9, 1937, and ended with the fall of the capital city of Nanking on December 13, 1937 to Japanese troops, a few days after the Republic of China Government had evacuated the city and relocated to Wuhan...
, the CCAA was disbanded on February 14, 1938 and its component units were reassigned to the China Expeditionary Army.
On September 12, 1939 by Army Order 362, the China Expeditionary Army was formed with the merger of the Central China Expeditionary Army with the Northern China Area Army.
Commanding officerCommanding officerThe commanding officer is the officer in command of a military unit. Typically, the commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as he sees fit, within the bounds of military law...
| Name | From | To | |
| 1 | General Shunroku Hata | 14 February 1938 | 14 December 1938 |
| 2 | General Otozō Yamada | 15 December 1938 | 23 September 1939 |
Chief of Staff
| Name | From | To | |
| 1 | General Masakazu Kawabe Masakazu Kawabe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He held important commands in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and during World War II in the Burma Campaign and defense of the Japanese homeland late in the war... |
15 February 1938 | 30 January 1939 |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Teiichi Yoshimoto | 31 January 1939 | 23 September 1939 |