Eastern Army (Finland)
Eastern Army may refer to: * Eastern Army (Japan), an active army of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force * Eastern Army (Ottoman Empire), active during the First Balkan War * Eastern Army (United Kingdom), active during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War * Eastern Army (Spain), active during the Spanish Civil War * The forces of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Siege of Osaka The was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages (winter campaign and summer campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege ...

Eastern Army (Japan)
The is one of five active Armies of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force headquartered at Camp Asaka in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture. Its responsibility is the defense of the Kantō and the Northern half of the Chūbu region. Organization * Eastern Army, at Camp Asaka in Asaka ** 1st Division, at Camp Nerima in Nerima, responsible for the defense of Tokyo and the Chiba, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. ** 12th Brigade (Air Assault), at Camp Soumagahara in Shintō, responsible for the defense of Gunma, Nagano, Niigata and Tochigi prefectures. ** 1st Engineer Brigade, at Camp Koga in Koga *** 4th Engineer Group (Construction), at Camp Zama in Sagamihara *** 5th Engineer Group (Construction), at Camp Takada in Jōetsu *** 101st Equipment Company, at Camp Koga in Koga *** 301st Vehicle Company, at Camp Koga in Koga *** 306th Engineer Company, at Camp Matsumoto in Matsumoto *** 307th Engineer Company, at Camp Utsunomiya in Utsunomiya ** East ...
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Eastern Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''Şark Ordusu'') was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during the mobilization phase of the First Balkan War. It confronted Bulgarian forces. On October 29, 1912, it was reorganized and renamed as the First Eastern Army (''Birinci Şark Ordusu''). Eastern Army Order of Battle, October 17, 1912 On October 17, 1912, the army was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83. * Eastern Army HQ (Kavaklı, commander: Ferik Kölemen Abdullah Pasha, chief of staff: Miralay Djevat Bey) **I Corps ** II Corps ** III Corps (commanded by Mirliva Mahmud Muhtar Pasha) ** IV Provisional Corps (commanded by Ferik Ahmed Abuk Pasha) ** VII Provisional Corps ** Adrianople Fortified Area Command (commanded by Ferik Mehmed Shukur Pasha) ** Kırcaali Detachment First Eastern Army On October 29, 1912, the army was structure ...
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Eastern Army (United Kingdom)
The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during the Second World War. As well as British Army units, many of its units were from the Indian Army and there were also significant contributions from British Army's West and East African divisions. It was often referred to as the "Forgotten Army" because its operations in the Burma Campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press, and remained more obscure than those of the corresponding formations in Europe for long after the war. For most of the Army's existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant-General William Slim. History Creation The army was formed in 1943 in eastern India. With the creation of South East Asia Command in late 1943, the Eastern Army which formerly controlled operations against the Japanese Army in Burma and also had large rear-area responsibilities, was split into two. Eastern Command (reporting to GHQ India) took over the rear areas of Bihar, Odi ...
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Eastern Army (Spain)
The Eastern Army (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Ejército del Este''), also translated as the Army of the East, was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army that operated in the eastern part of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Republican forces deployed on the Aragon front of the war initially came under the command structure of the unit. Later in the Civil War, the unit operated in Catalonia, defending the Republican defensive line along the Segre (river), Segre river. History After the breakout of the 1936 civil war in Spain, the Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalan government looked to create its own army, independent of the organic structures of the Republican army which operated in the rest of the Republican territory. On 6 December 1936, the Catalan Ministry of Defence declared the creation of the People's Army of Catalonia. However, this army existed far more on paper than it did in reality, as the anarchist militias continued to have a great degree of autonomy, and in many c ...
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