North China Area Army

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The North China Area Army was a major field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for military operations and occupation duties in northern China before and during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army formation
field army
accusedOf war crimes in China
allegiance Emperor of Japan
areaOfOperations Hebei
Henan Province
surface form: Henan

North China
Shandong
Shanxi Province
surface form: Shanxi
branch Army
conflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
controlled multiple Japanese divisions in North China
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
disbandedAfter Japan’s surrender in 1945
engagedAgainst Chinese Communist forces
Chinese warlord forces
National Revolutionary Army
formedFrom China Garrison Army
garrison Beijing
Tianjin
headquartersLocation Beijing area
involvedIn counterinsurgency operations in North China
occupation of North China
pacification campaigns in North China
languageOfName Japanese
militaryBranchOf Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
notableCommander Hayao Tada
Heisuke Yanagawa
Hitoshi Imamura
Nobuyoshi Mutō
Shunroku Hata
Okamura Yasuji
surface form: Yasuji Okamura

Yoshijirō Umezu
partOf Imperial Japanese Army
responsibleFor security of Japanese-occupied North China
supporting collaborationist Chinese regimes
role military operations
occupation duties
status disbanded
subordinateTo China Expeditionary Army
Imperial General Headquarters
theater China Theater
surface form: China theater
timePeriod World War II
pre–World War II
type combined arms formation

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Japanese North China Area Army alsoKnownAs North China Area Army
Japanese occupation of North China hasPart North China Area Army
this entity surface form: North China Area Army administration
Japanese occupation of North China administeredBy North China Area Army
Three Alls Policy implementedBy North China Area Army