The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
History The Japanese 12th Army was formed on November 7, 1938, under the North China Area Army as a garrison force for the occupation the provinces North China. It served primary as a training and reserve unit, and participated in counter-insurgency operations.
The 59th division famous for its wartime atrocities was attached to the Twelfth Army from February 1942 till May 1945.
The 12th Army was demobilized at Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the surrender of Japan.
List of Commanders
Commanding officers Name From To1 Lieutenant General Kamezo Suetaka 9 November 1938 12 September 19392 Lieutenant General Sadataka Iida 12 September 1939 1 March 19413 Lieutenant General Ichiji Dobashi 1 March 1941 1 March 19434 Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita 1 March 1943 7 February 19445 Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama 5 February 1944 7 April 19456 Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori 7 April 1945 15 August 1945
Chief of Staff Name From To1 Lt. General Asasaburo Kobayashi 9 November 1938 1 December 19392 Lt. General Yoshio Hongo 1 December 1939 2 December 1940 3 Lt. General Masafumi Yamauchi 2 December 1940 15 October 19414 Major General Etsujiro Kono 15 October 1941 10 December 19425 Major General Tadao Teragaki 10 December 1942 16 October 19446 Lt. General Makoto Nakayama 16 October 1944 1 September 1945
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