kwantung army
It was founded in 19 19 and dissolved in 1945 in August.
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Kwantung Army is an army of Japanese troops stationed in the northeast of China. There are 3 1 infantry divisions, 1/infantry and tank brigades,1death squads and 2 aviation brigades, as well as puppet Manchukuo troops. * * * about 1.2 million people.
1905 After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan occupied Liaodong Peninsula and Nanman Railway in China. Soon, Japan changed its name to Guandong County in Liaodong Peninsula, and established Guandong County in Lushun, with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the War Department under it. 19 19 based on the war department of the Kanto prefecture, the Kwantung Army Command was established in Lushunkou. After the defeat of Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, according to the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, the lease rights of Kanto County (southern Liaoning Province of China) and Nanman Railway were transferred to Japan. In order to safeguard its colonial interests, Japan sent two regiments with a total of 40,000 divisions to Kanto County and Nanman Railway, and set up the Kanto Governor's Office. The following year, the Governor's Office was changed to the Governor's Office, and the War Department was set up to administer 1 Army Division, six independent garrison battalions, Lushun Heavy Artillery Battalion and Gendarmerie.
In the first half of the 20th century, the Japanese heavy corps invaded the northeast of China for a long time.
19 19, the viceroy was abolished, the Kanto Hall was established, and the Kwantung Army was established. The first commander was Kōichirō Genba, whose headquarters was located in Lushun, directly under the Emperor.
After entering the Showa era from 65438 to 0926, Japan stepped up its mainland policy of invading China and prepared to fight against the Soviet Union. 1928, the kwantung army created the Huanggutun incident and killed Zhang, the head of the Feng warlord in China. 193 1 year, planned the "September 18th Incident" and occupied the whole northeast. The following year, the puppet Manchukuo concocted and its headquarters moved to Changchun. The commander also served as the Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo and the chief of Guandong, and mastered the military and political power of the puppet Manchukuo. Since then, the Kwantung Army colonized the Northeast, brutally suppressed China's anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, and plundered grain and mineral resources crazily, making the Northeast an important strategic base for further Japanese aggression and expansion.
1928, Kwantung Army created "Huanggutun Incident". 193 1 18 in September, the kwantung army created the "wicker lake incident", which was used as an excuse to shell the Northeast Army camp, launched the September 18th Incident, and started the war of aggression against China for 14 years. 1932, Manchukuo was founded.
1In May, 939, a small-scale border conflict occurred between the Manchurian Army and the Mongolian Army in Nomenham, which later turned into a confrontation between the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Red Army. Zhukov commanded 70,000 Soviet Far East troops of six brigades and defeated about 40,000 Kwantung Army of two divisions with mechanized troops. Eighteen thousand Japanese soldiers were killed or injured. Japan was shocked and Hiranuma's cabinet resigned. Kwantung Army Commander Ueda Chiyoshi and Chief of Staff Iwatani Liansuke were dismissed.
1942, after the beginning of the Pacific War, the main force of the Kwantung Army gradually moved to the Pacific front. 1943 after the reversal of the war, many kwantung troops were annihilated in the Pacific islands.
1In August, 945, the Soviet Red Army sent troops to the northeast, killing 83,000 people and capturing 594,000 people. After the war, the remaining officers and men of the Kwantung Army were taken as prisoners and sent to Siberia for forced labor.