Japanese Kwantung Army

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Imperial Japanese Army formation army group

The Japanese Kwantung Army was a powerful and aggressive Imperial Japanese Army group stationed in Manchuria that played a central role in Japan’s expansionist campaigns in East Asia before and during World War II.

Aliases (6)

Kwantung Army ×15
Imperial Japanese Army radical faction ×1
Japanese Kwantung Army detachments ×1
Japanese Kwantung Army elements ×1
Kwantung Army remnants ×1
officers of the Kwantung Army ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army formation → army group →
activeDuring	Interwar period → Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II →
alsoKnownAs	Kantōgun → Kwantung Army →
commandStructure	Japanese General Staff Office →
committed	biological warfare experiments → crimes against humanity → forced labor abuses → massacres of civilians → war crimes →
country	Empire of Japan →
dateFormed	1906 →
disbanded	1945 →
disbandedFollowing	Japan’s surrender in World War II →
engagedIn	anti-partisan operations in Manchuria → counterinsurgency against Chinese resistance →
garrisonLocation	Kwantung Leased Territory → Manchuria →
headquartersLocation	Changchun → Xinjing →
ideology	Japanese ultranationalism → militarism →
influenced	Japanese foreign policy toward China →
knownFor	aggressive expansionist strategy → autonomous behavior from Tokyo government control →
namedAfter	Kwantung Leased Territory →
notableOperation	Battle of Khalkhin Gol → Border conflicts with the Soviet Union → Invasion of Manchuria → Mukden Incident → Operation Nekka → Soviet invasion of Manchuria → establishment of Manchukuo →
opponent	Chinese Communist forces → Mongolian People’s Republic → Republic of China → Soviet Union →
oversaw	Unit 731 →
partOf	Imperial Japanese Army →
peakStrength	over 700000 troops →
primaryTheater	East Asia → Northeast China →
region	Northeast Asia →
resultOfDisbandment	Soviet occupation of Manchuria →
role	instrument of Japanese expansionism in East Asia → occupation force in Manchuria →
supported	puppet state of Manchukuo →
type	field army group →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japanese occupation of Manchuria ("Kwantung Army") → Operation Nekka ("Kwantung Army") → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ("Kwantung Army remnants") →	participant
Hideki Tojo ("Kwantung Army") → Otozō Yamada ("Kwantung Army") →	commanded
Isamu Chō ("Kwantung Army") → Itagaki Seishirō ("Kwantung Army") →	memberOf
Japanese Kwantung Army ("Kwantung Army") →	alsoKnownAs
Ishiwara Kanji ("Kwantung Army") →	associatedWith
Kwantung Leased Territory ("Kwantung Army") →	garrisonedBy
Battle of Taiyuan ("Japanese Kwantung Army elements") →	hasParticipant
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin ("Japanese Kwantung Army detachments") →	involvedUnit
Unit 731 ("Kwantung Army") →	militaryBranch
Manchukuo ("Kwantung Army") →	militaryForce
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ("Kwantung Army") →	opponent
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ("Kwantung Army") →	opposedBy
February 26 Incident ("Imperial Japanese Army radical faction") →	perpetrator
Mukden Incident ("Kwantung Army") →	perpetratorUnit
Mukden Incident ("officers of the Kwantung Army") →	plannedBy
Chinese Communist Party forces →	primaryOpponent
Japanese 3rd Division ("Kwantung Army") →	subordinateTo