# First Army (Japan) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/First_Army_(Japan) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/First_Army_(Japan).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Army_(Japan) > Source revision: 1342141908 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Japanese First Army | image= Japanese General Kuroki and his Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii.jpg | image_size = 300 |caption= Japanese General Kuroki and his Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii |dates= September 1894 – September 1945　 |country= [Empire of Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan) |allegiance= |branch= [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army) |type= [Infantry](/source/Infantry) |role= [Corps](/source/Corps) |garrison= |nickname= {{nihongo|Otsu|乙|Second}} |battles=[First Sino-Japanese War](/source/First_Sino-Japanese_War)
[Russo-Japanese War](/source/Russo-Japanese_War)
[Second Sino-Japanese War](/source/Second_Sino-Japanese_War)
[World War II](/source/World_War_II) }} {{command structure |name= Japanese 1st Army |date= 1897-1898 |parent=[Imperial General Headquarters](/source/Imperial_General_Headquarters) |subordinate=
*[3rd Infantry Division](/source/IJA_3rd_Division) *[5th Infantry Division](/source/IJA_5th_Division) }} {{command structure |name= Japanese 1st Army |date= 1904-1905 |parent=[Imperial General Headquarters](/source/Imperial_General_Headquarters) |subordinate=
*[Imperial Guards Division](/source/Imperial_Guard_of_Japan) *[2nd Infantry Division](/source/2nd_Division_(Imperial_Japanese_Army)) *[12th Infantry Division](/source/IJA_12th_Division) }} {{command structure |name= Japanese 1st Army |date= 15 August 1945 |parent=[Japanese Northern China Area Army](/source/Japanese_Northern_China_Area_Army) |subordinate=
*[114th Infantry Division](/source/IJA_114th_Division) *IJA 3rd Independent Combined Brigade''The Japanese Army 1931-1945'', Osprey Publishing, p.15 *IJA 10th Independent Infantry Brigade *IJA 14th Independent Infantry Brigade }} The {{nihongo|'''Japanese 1st Army'''|第1軍|Dai-ichi gun}} was an [army](/source/corps) of the [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army). It was raised and demobilized on three occasions. ==History== The Japanese 1st Army was initially raised during the [First Sino-Japanese War](/source/First_Sino-Japanese_War) from 1 September 1894 – 28 May 1895 under the command of General [Yamagata Aritomo](/source/Yamagata_Aritomo). It participated in all of the major battles of that conflict, and was demobilized at the successful end of that war. It was revived for the [Russo-Japanese War](/source/Russo-Japanese_War) from 2 February 1904 – 9 December 1905 under the command of General [Kuroki Tamemoto](/source/Kuroki_Tamemoto). Its forces were the first to land in [Korea](/source/Korea) and [Manchuria](/source/Manchuria) and it fought in most of the major campaigns of the war, including the [Battle of Yalu River](/source/Battle_of_Yalu_River_(1904)), [Battle of Motien Pass](/source/Battle_of_Motien_Pass), [Battle of Liaoyang](/source/Battle_of_Liaoyang), [Battle of Shaho](/source/Battle_of_Shaho), [Battle of Sandepu](/source/Battle_of_Sandepu), and [Battle of Mukden](/source/Battle_of_Mukden). It was again demobilized at the end of that conflict. The Japanese 1st Army was raised again on 26 August 1937 in [Tianjin](/source/Tianjin), China under the [Japanese China Garrison Army](/source/Japanese_China_Garrison_Army). In addition to protecting the Japanese settlement at Tianjin, it served as a reinforcement to the newly formed [Japanese Northern China Area Army](/source/Japanese_Northern_China_Area_Army) following the [Marco Polo Bridge Incident](/source/Marco_Polo_Bridge_Incident) during the [Second Sino-Japanese War](/source/Second_Sino-Japanese_War). The 1st Army subsequently participated in various campaigns in [North China](/source/North_China) under the operational command of the [Japanese Northern China Area Army](/source/Japanese_Northern_China_Area_Army), including the [North China Incident](/source/Battle_of_Beiping-Tianjin), [Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation](/source/Beiping%E2%80%93Hankou_Railway_Operation), and the [Battle of Taiyuan](/source/Battle_of_Taiyuan) before being demobilized at [Taiyuan](/source/Taiyuan), [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi) province after the [end of World War II](/source/surrender_of_Japan) on 30 September 1945. ==List of Commanders== ===Commanding officer=== {| class=wikitable ! || Name || From || To |- |1 || Marshal [Yamagata Aritomo](/source/Yamagata_Aritomo)|| 1 September 1894 ||19 December 1894 |- |2 || Marshal [Nozu Michitsura](/source/Nozu_Michitsura)||19 December 1894 ||28 May 1895 |- |X || demobilized ||28 May 1895|| 2 February 1904 |- |3 || Marshal [Kuroki Tamemoto](/source/Kuroki_Tamemoto)||2 February 1904 ||9 December 1905 |- |X || demobilized ||9 December 1905|| 31 August 1937 |- |4 || Lieutenant General [Kiyoshi Katsuki](/source/Kiyoshi_Katsuki)||26 August 1937 ||30 May 1938 |- |5 || General [Yoshijirō Umezu](/source/Yoshijir%C5%8D_Umezu)||30 May 1938 ||7 September 1939 |- |6 || Lieutenant General {{Interlanguage link|Yoshio Shinozuka (lieutenant-general)|lt=Yoshio Shinozuka|ja|篠塚義男}}||7 September 1939|| 20 June 1941 |- |7 || Lieutenant General {{Interlanguage link|Yoshio Iwamatsu|ja|岩松義雄}}||20 June 1941|| 1 August 1942 |- |8 || General [Teiichi Yoshimoto](/source/Teiichi_Yoshimoto) || 1 August 1942 || 22 November 1944 |- |9 || Lieutenant General {{Interlanguage link|Raishiro Sumida|ja|澄田らい四郎}} || 22 November 1944 || 30 September 1945 |- |} ===Chief of Staff=== {| class=wikitable ! || Name || From || To |- |1 || Major General [Ogawa Mataji](/source/Ogawa_Mataji)||1 September 1894 ||28 May 1895 |- |X || demobilized ||28 May 1895|| 2 February 1904 |- |2 || Major General {{Interlanguage link|Fujii Shigeta|ja|藤井茂太}}||2 February 1904 ||9 December 1905 |- |X || demobilized ||9 December 1905|| 26 August 1937 |- |3 || Major General {{Interlanguage link|Gun Hashimoto|ja|橋本群}}|26 August 1937 ||27 January 1938 |- |4 || Major General [Shōjirō Iida](/source/Sh%C5%8Djir%C5%8D_Iida)||27 January 1938||9 November 1938 |- |5 || Lieutenant General [Senichi Kushibuchi](/source/Senichi_Kushibuchi) ||9 November 1938|| 9 March 1940 |- |6 || Major General [Ryukichi Tanaka](/source/Ryukichi_Tanaka)||9 March 1940 || 2 December 1940 |- |7 || Major General [Hideyoshi Kusuyama](/source/Hideyoshi_Kusuyama)||2 December 1940|| 1 December 1941 |- |8 || Lieutenant General [Tadashi Hanaya](/source/Tadashi_Hanaya) ||1 December 1941|| 23 October 1943 |- |9 || Major General [Ichimaro Horike](/source/Ichimaro_Horike)||23 October 1943 || 16 December 1944 |- |10 || Major General [Michitake Yamaoka](/source/Michitake_Yamaoka)||16 December 1944|| September 1945 |- |} ==References== *{{cite book | last = Jowett | first = Bernard | year = 1999 | title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45) | publisher = Osprey Publishing | 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 | id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW }} *{{cite book | last = Marston | first = Daniel | year = 2005 | title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima | publisher = Osprey Publishing | isbn = 1-84176-882-0 }} ==External links== *{{cite web | last = Wendel | first = Marcus | url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6886 | title = Axis History Factbook | work = Japanese 1st Army }} ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} 01 01 01 Category:1894 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in China --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [First Army (Japan)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Army_(Japan)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Army_(Japan)?action=history)). 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