3rd Army ( Jap. 第 3 軍 Dai-san gong ) is a military unit of the Japanese Imperial Army of two different formations.
| 3rd army | |
|---|---|
| 第 3 軍 | |
 3rd Army at Port Arthur, 1904 | |
| Years of existence | May 1904 - August 1945 |
| A country |  Japan empire |
| Subordination |  Imperial army |
| Type of | infantry |
| Dislocation | |
| Nicknames | Cliff ( 岩 Iwa ) |
| Participation in | Russian-Japanese war Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) The Second World War |
First formed during the Russo-Japanese War . From May 1, 1904 to January 26, 1906 was under the command of General Feet . At the initial stage of the war, its main task was the siege of Port Arthur . After the surrender of the fortress, the army was sent north, and played a decisive role in the subsequent attack on Mukden . Disbanded at the end of the war.
The second formation took place on January 13, 1938 in Manzhou , the 3rd Army was intended to protect the eastern borders from possible actions of the Red Army.
In July 1942, the army was subordinated to the 1st Front . As the situation in Southeast Asia worsened, the most experienced units and most of the equipment of the 3rd Army were transferred to other units.
During the Manchurian operation, poorly trained and insufficiently equipped troops of the 3rd Army were unable to withstand the experimental units of the Red Army, and she was forced to retreat from the Jilin province to the border with Korea, capitulating at the end of the war in the Yanji and Hunchun areas (now part of the Yanbian-Korean Autonomous counties in northeast China).
Commanders
| Name | From | Before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | General Feet Marasuke | August 1904 | January 1906 |
| 2 | General Otzo Yamada | January 13, 1938 | December 10, 1938 |
| 3 | General Hayao Tada | December 10, 1938 | September 12, 1939 |
| four | General Kameo Suetaka | September 12, 1939 | March 1, 1941 |
| five | General Masakazu Kawabe | March 1, 1941 | August 17, 1942 |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Eitaro Utiyama | August 17, 1942 | February 7, 1944 |
| 7 | Lieutenant General Hiroshi Nemoto | February 7, 1944 | November 22, 1944 |
| eight | Lieutenant General Murakami Keisaku | November 22, 1944 | September 1945 |
Literature
- Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X .
- Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45). Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-354-3 .
- Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.
- Marston, Daniel (2005). The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-882-0 .
- Glantz, David (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 7). Routledge ISBN 0-7146-5279-2 .
Links
- Lt. Col. David Glantz , August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria , Leavenworth Paper No.7 , Command and General Staff College , February 1983.
- Wendel, Marcus. Axis History Factbook. Japanese 3rd Army