Eastern District Army (Japan)
The Eastern District Army (東部軍, Tōbugun?) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for the defense of the Kantō region and northern Honshū during the Pacific War. It was one of the regional commands in the Japanese home islands reporting to the General Defense Command.
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