China Expeditionary Army

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Imperial Japanese Army formation field army

The China Expeditionary Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army command responsible for overseeing and conducting large-scale military operations in Japanese-occupied China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

Aliases (1)

China Expeditionary Army (in later stages) ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army formation → field army →
areaOfResponsibility	central China → northern China → southern China →
associatedWith	Japanese military administration in occupied Chinese territories →
associatedWithEvent	Japanese occupation of large parts of China →
branch	Army →
commandStructure	multiple field armies and divisions →
conflict	Second Sino-Japanese War → World War II →
country	Empire of Japan →
disbandedAsResultOf	Japanese surrender in 1945 →
engagedIn	large-scale ground operations → occupation duties →
formedInPeriod	World War II era →
historicalContext	Japanese expansionism in East Asia → Sino-Japanese hostilities in the 1930s and 1940s →
involvedIn	implementation of Japanese occupation policies in China →
legacy	associated with wartime atrocities in occupied China → part of the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War →
militaryBranchOf	Japanese armed forces →
natureOfOperations	counterinsurgency operations → garrison and security operations → offensive operations →
notableFor	administration of multiple Japanese army groups in China → coordination of Japanese military campaigns in China →
operatedIn	Japanese-occupied China → mainland China →
opposedBy	Chinese Communist forces → National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China →
partOf	Imperial Japanese Army →
role	command of Japanese ground forces in China → overseeing large-scale military operations in Japanese-occupied China →
side	Axis Powers →
status	disbanded →
subordinateTo	Imperial General Headquarters →
theater	China theater →
timePeriod	1940s → late 1930s →
type	expeditionary army →
usedLanguage	Japanese →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Japanese 3rd Division → Japanese Central China Area Army → Japanese Central China Area Army commanders ("China Expeditionary Army (in later stages)") → Japanese China Garrison Army → Japanese North China Area Army →	subordinateTo
Japanese 5th Division →	higherCommand