List of Armies of the Japanese Army

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The Imperial Japanese Army was organized into several types of Armies:

The General Defense Command was responsible for Japan, Korea and Formosa.
*Japan Defense Army was responsible for Japan - contained over 2 million men in 55 divisions, plus numerous separate units by August 1945.
**Northern Army - Hokkaido and northern Honshu (see also organization of the Imperial Japanese Army, Hokkai (North) region)
**Eastern Army- Eastern Honshu and Tokyo
**Middle Army - Central Honshu
**Western Army - southern Honshu, Shikoku Island, and the Ryukyu Islands to include Okinawa.
*Formosan Army - Responsible for Formosa now called Taiwan (see also structure of the Taiwan Army of Japan)
*Chosen Army - responsible for Korea (see also organization of the Chosen Army of Japan)

Groups of Armies - territorial organizations equivalent to western Theaters of War
Areas Armies - Equal to western field Armies. There is still much confusion between numbered Area Armies and Armies, some being referred to in IJA records by both terms.
Armies- equal to western Corps
*First Army
*Second Army
*Third Army
*Fourth Army
*Fifth Army
*Eleventh Army
*Twelfth Army
*Fourteenth Army
*Fifteenth Army - Burma
*Sixteenth Army
*Seventeenth Army
*Nineteenth Army
*Twenty-Third Army
*Twenty-Fifth Army
*Twenty-Eighth Army - Burma
*Thirty-Second Army - Okinawa
*Japanese Thirty-Third Army - Burma
*Thirty-Fourth Army
Special Mission Forces

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