Sixth Army (Japan)

Sixth Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Sixth Army


caption=
dates= 1939-08-04 - 1945-08-15　
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Hailar, Manchukuo
nickname= nihongo|Mamoru|守|Protect
battles=command structure
name= Japanese 6th Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese First Area Army
subordinate=

* 124th Infantry Division
* 126th Infantry Division
* 135th Infantry Division
* 15th Border Patrol Brigade
*1st Engineering Brigade

The nihongo|Japanese 6th Army|第6軍 |Dai-roku gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army initially based in Manchukuo as a garrison force under the overall command of the Kwantung Army. At the end of World War II, it was active in combat in China.

History

The Japanese 6th Army was initially raised on 4 August 1939 in Manchukuo as a garrison force to guard the western borders against possible incursions by the Soviet Red Army. It was initially based in Hailar, which was also the site of an extensive military fortification system.

On 26 January 1945, the Japanese Sixth Army was re-assigned to the control of the China Expeditionary Army, and was sent south to bolster Japanese forces in the strategic Wuhan-Changsha front, filling the gap left by the departure of Japanese forces in the southward Operation Ichi-Go thrust. At the surrender of Japan, it was disbanded at Hangzhou.

List of Commanders

Commanding officer

Chief of Staff

References

*cite book
last = Jowett
first = Bernard
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45)
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841763543
*cite book
last = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW
*cite book
last = Marston
first = Daniel
coauthors =
year = 2005
title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841768820

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6891
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese 6th Army


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