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The Japanese Manchurian Army was an
The Japanese Manchurian Army was an Army Group
An army group is a military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods. It is usually responsible for a particular geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization handled by ...
formed from 1904–1905 during the Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
, as a temporary command structure to coordinate the efforts of several Japanese armies in the campaign against Imperial Russia
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.
History
The Japanese Manchurian Army was established as a local General command in June 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. It was set up three months after the start of the war, because of the necessity to have a local command structure closer to the armies, after the operational theater had moved inland. Field Marshal Iwao Oyama became Supreme Commander and GeneralKodama Gentarō
Viscount was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a government minister during the Meiji period. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military.
Early life
Kodama was born on March 16, 1852, in Toku ...
Chief of Staff of the Army.
The staff also included
* Yasumasa Fukushima, in charge of intelligence
* Tanaka Giichi
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, cabinet minister, and the Prime Minister of Japan from 1927 to 1929.
Early life and military career
Tanaka was born as the third son of a low-ranking ''samurai'' family in the se ...
, aide to General Kodama Gentarō
Composition of the Army Group
* First Army (Kuroki Tamemoto
Count was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the head of the Japanese First Army during the Russo-Japanese War; and his forces enjoyed a series of successes during the Manchurian fighting at the Battle of Yalu River, the B ...
)
* Second Army (Yasukata Oku
Count was a Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army.
Biography Early life
Born in Kokura (in present-day Kitakyūshū) to a ''samurai'' family of the Kokura Domain in Buzen Province, Oku joined the milita ...
)
* Third Army (Nogi Maresuke
Count , also known as Kiten, Count Nogi (December 25, 1849September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from Chin ...
)
* Fourth Army (Nozu Michitsura
Marshal (Japan), Field Marshal The Marquis was a Japanese people, Japanese Field Marshal (Japan), field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army.
Biography
Nozu was born in Kagoshima as the second son of a low-ranking '' ...
)
* Ryodong Defensive Force ( Nishi Kanjirō)
* Yalu River Army ( Kageaki Kawamura)
Sources
* Ikuhiko Hata, "Japan Army Encyclopedia," 2nd edition, the University of Tokyo Press, 2005. * Toyama Misao Morimatsu, edited by "Imperial Army Formation directory" Fuyo Shobo Shuppan, 1987. Manchurian Manchurian Military units and formations established in 1904 Military units and formations disestablished in 1905