Country Empire of Japan Role Field Army Headquarters Shanghai Branch Imperial Japanese Army | Type Infantry Garrison/HQ Shanghai Founded 1937 | |
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Active November 7, 1937-February 14, 1938 Similar Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese China Garrison, Eleventh Army, Japanese Fourteenth Area Army, Japanese Seventh Area Army | ||
The Japanese Central China Area Army (中支那方面軍, Naka Shina hōmen gun) 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 (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 Central China Expeditionary Army.
References
Japanese Central China Area Army Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA