Thirteenth Army (Japan)

The Japanese 13th Army (第13軍, Dai-jyūsan gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

Japanese Thirteenth Army
Japanese: 第13軍, romanized: Dai-jyūsan gun
Active	September 23, 1939 - August 15, 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Shanghai
Nickname(s)	Noboru (登, Ascending)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Sadamu Shimomura

History

The Japanese 13th Army was formed on September 23, 1939, under the control of the China Expeditionary Army. It was based in Shanghai and surrounding provinces primarily a garrison force to maintain public order and to engage in counter-insurgency operations in conjunction with the collaborationist forces of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, and later with its successor, the Wang Jingwei Government. It was later tasked with deterring possible landings of the Allies in the lower Yangtze River area of east central China. It surrendered to the Chinese Kuomintang forces on August 15, 1945, at the surrender of Japan and was disbanded in Shanghai.

List of commanders

Commanding officer

	Name	From	To
1	General Toshijiro Nishio	12 September 1939	26 October 1939
2	Lt. General Susumu Fujita	26 October 1939	2 December 1940
3	Lt. General Shigeru Sawada	2 December 1940	October 8, 1942
4	Lt. General Sadamu Shimomura	8 October 1942	March 22, 1944
5	Lt. General Sajishige Nagatsu	22 March 1944	February 1, 1945
6	Lt. General Takuro Matsui	1 February 1945	15 August 1945

Chief of Staff

	Name	From	To
1	Lt. General Shozo Sakurai	4 September 1939	20 January 1941
2	Lt. General Masami Maeda	20 January 1941	19 September 1941
3	Major General Yasuo Karagawa	19 September 1941	1 December 1942
4	Major General Isami Kinoshita	1 December 1942	17 January 1944
5	Lt. General Shinnosuke Sasa	17 January 1944	22 November 1945
6	Major General Toshi Yamamoto	22 November 1944	1 February 1945
7	Major General Akio Doi	1 February 1944	1 September 1945

Subordinate units

1941 China Expeditionary Army

• 15th Infantry Division
• 17th Infantry Division
• 22nd Infantry Division
• 116th Infantry Division

1945: 13th Army of the China Expeditionary Army

• 60th Infantry Division
• 61st Infantry Division
• 65th Infantry Division
• 69th Infantry Division
• 118th Infantry Division
• 161st Infantry Division
• 90th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
• 92nd Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)
• 6th Independent Infantry Brigade

References

• Dorn, Frank (1974). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor. MacMillan. ISBN 0-02-532200-1.
• Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.

External links

• Wendel, Marcus. "Axis History Factbook". Japanese Thirteenth Army.