Armies of The Imperial Japanese Army - Armies

Armies

The Japanese Army (軍, gun?) corresponded to an army corps in American or British military terminology. It was usually commanded by a lieutenant general.

• • First Army - China
  • Second Army - China
  • Third Army - Manchukuo
  • Fourth Army - Manchukuo
  • Fifth Army - Manchukuo
  • Sixth Army - Manchukuo
  • Tenth Army - China
  • Eleventh Army - China
  • Twelfth Army - China
  • Thirteenth Army - China
  • Fourteenth Army - Philippines
  • Fifteenth Army - Burma
  • Sixteenth Army - Java
  • Seventeenth Army - Solomon Islands
  • Eighteenth Army - New Guinea
  • Nineteenth Army – eastern Netherlands East Indies
  • Twentieth Army - China
  • Twenty-First Army - China
  • Twenty-Second Army - China
  • Twenty-Third Army - China
  • Twenty-Fifth Army - Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra
  • Twenty-Seventh Army - Chishima Islands
  • Twenty-Eighth Army - Burma
  • Twenty-Ninth Army - British Malaya
  • Thirtieth Army – Manchukuo
  • Thirty-First Army – Truk
  • Thirty-Second Army - Okinawa
  • Thirty-Third Army - Burma
  • Thirty-Fourth Army - Manchukuo
  • Thirty-Fifth Army - Philippines
  • Thirty-Sixth Army - Japanese home islands
  • Thirty-Seventh Army - Borneo
  • Thirty-Eighth Army -Indochina
  • Thirty-Ninth Army -Thailand
  • Fortieth Army – Japanese home islands
  • Forty-First Army – Philippines
  • Forty-Third Army – China
  • Forty-Fourth Army - Manchukuo
  • Fiftieth Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-First Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Second Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Third Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Fourth Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Fifth Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Sixth Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Seventh Army – Japanese home islands
  • Fifty-Eighth Army – Korea
  • Fifty-Ninth Army – Japanese home islands
  • China Garrison Army - China
  • Mongolia Garrison Army- Inner Mongolia

• Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
  • First Air Army – HQ Tokyo, basing in the Kanto Plain covering the Japanese home islands, Taiwan, Korea and Karafuto.
  • Second Air Army - HQ Hsinking, covering Manchukuo
  • Third Air Army - HQ Singapore, covering Southeast Asia
  • Fourth Air Army - HQ Rabaul, covering the Solomon Islands and New Guinea
  • Fifth Air Army - HQ Nanking, covering Japanese-occupied portions of southern and eastern China.
  • Sixth Air Army – HQ Kyūshū covering Taiwan and Okinawa