Shanghai Expeditionary Army (Japan)

Shanghai Expeditionary Army
( Japanese 上海派遣軍 )
Shanghai Expeditionary Army; ( Japanese 上海派遣軍 )
	; Japanese troops enter Nanjing
Years of existence	1932 , 1937 - 1938
A country	Japan empire
Type of	expeditionary army
Dislocation	;
Participation in	The First Shanghai Battle , The Second Shanghai Battle , The Battle of Nanjing

Shanghai Expeditionary Army ( Jap. 上海派遣 хай Xianghai Haken-gun ) - a group of Japanese troops that participated in battles in the Shanghai area in the 1930s.

Content

1 History
2 List of command staff
- 2.1 Commanders
- 2.2 Chiefs of Staff

History

For the first time, an expeditionary army to be sent to Shanghai was formed on February 25, 1932 as reinforcements for the troops involved in the first battle for Shanghai . It was disbanded in June 1932 at the conclusion of the incident.

The expeditionary army was organized for the second time on August 15, 1937, as military operations escalated between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan . The forces of the expeditionary army won the battle for Shanghai , after which they advanced deep into the mainland, taking part in the Battle of Nanjing and the “ Nanking massacre ” that followed.

The expeditionary army was disbanded on February 1, 1938, its troops became part of the Central China Front .

Command List

Commanders

	Name	FROM	By
one	General Yoshinori Shirakawa	February 25, 1932	April 29, 1932
X	Disbanded
2	General Ivane Matsui	August 15, 1937	December 2, 1937
3	Lieutenant General Prince Yasuhiko	December 2, 1937	February 14, 1938

Chiefs of Staff

	Name	FROM	By
one	Lieutenant General Kanichiro Tashiro	February 25, 1932	April 29, 1932
X	Disbanded
2	Lieutenant General Mamoru Iinuma	August 15, 1937	February 14, 1938