Second Army (Japan)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| unit_name | Japanese Second Army |
| image | Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho.jpg |
| image_size | 300 |
| caption | Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho |
| dates | Sept 1894-Aug 1945 |
| country | Empire of Japan |
| branch | |
| type | Infantry |
| role | Amphibious warfare |
| Anti-tank warfare | |
| Armoured reconnaissance | |
| Artillery observer | |
| Banzai charge | |
| Bomb disposal | |
| Close-quarters battle | |
| Cold-weather warfare | |
| Combined arms | |
| Counter-battery fire | |
| Direct fire | |
| Fire support | |
| HUMINT | |
| Indirect fire | |
| Intelligence assessment | |
| Jungle warfare | |
| Maneuver warfare | |
| Military communications | |
| Military engineering | |
| Military intelligence | |
| Military logistics | |
| Patrolling | |
| Raiding | |
| Reconnaissance | |
| Trench warfare | |
| Urban warfare | |
| nickname | Ikioi |
| battles | First Sino-Japanese War |
| Russo-Japanese War | |
| Second Sino-Japanese War | |
| World War II | |
| :: |
|unit_name= Japanese Second Army | image= Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho.jpg | image_size = 300 |caption= Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho |dates= Sept 1894-Aug 1945 |country= Empire of Japan |allegiance= |branch= |type= Infantry |role = Amphibious warfare Anti-tank warfare Armoured reconnaissance Artillery observer Banzai charge Bomb disposal Close-quarters battle Cold-weather warfare Combined arms Counter-battery fire Direct fire Fire support HUMINT Indirect fire Intelligence assessment Jungle warfare Maneuver warfare Military communications Military engineering Military intelligence Military logistics Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Trench warfare Urban warfare |garrison= |nickname= Ikioi |battles=First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II | name = Japanese 2nd Army | date = 24 May 1904 | parent = Southern Expeditionary Army Group | subordinate =
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4th Infantry Division |name= Japanese 2nd Army |date= 15 August 1945 |parent=Southern Expeditionary Army Group |subordinate=
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IJN 2nd Marine Landing Brigade
The Japanese 2nd Army was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on four occasions.
History
The Japanese 2nd Army was initially raised during the First Sino-Japanese War from September 27, 1894, to May 14, 1895, under the command of General Ōyama Iwao.
It was revived for the Russo-Japanese War from March 6, 1904, to January 2, 1906, under the command of General Oku Yasukata. It fought in most of the major campaigns of the war, including the Battle of Nanshan, Battle of Te-li-Ssu, Battle of Tashihchiao, Battle of Shaho, Battle of Liaoyang, Battle of Sandepu, and Battle of Mukden.
The Japanese 2nd Army was raised again on August 23, 1937, and placed under the command of the Japanese Northern China Area Army as reinforcement to Japanese forces in China following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The 2nd Army participated in the North China Incident, Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation, Battle of Xuzhou and Battle of Taierzhuang before being demobilized on December 15, 1938.
The fourth and final incarnation of the Japanese 2nd Army was on July 4, 1942, when it was revived under the command of the Japanese First Area Army in Manchukuo. It was transferred to the Japanese Second Area Army on October 30, 1943. Towards the closing stages of the war, on June 30, 1945, it was transferred to the Southern Expeditionary Army Group and was based in the Celebes at the end of World War II.
List of commanders
Commanding officer
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Chief of Staff
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References
- {{cite book | last = Jowett | first = Bernard | year = 1999 | title = The Japanese Army 1931–45 (Volume 2, 1942–45) | publisher = Osprey Publishing | location = | isbn = 1-84176-354-3
- {{cite book | last = Madej | first = Victor | 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 | year = 2005 | title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima | publisher = Osprey Publishing | location = | isbn = 1-84176-882-0
- {{cite book | last = | first = | year = 1908 | title = The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the Field | publisher = Her Majesty's Stationery Office | location =
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