The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
History
The Japanese 13th Army was formed on September 23, 1939, under the control of the China Expeditionary Army. It was based in Shanghai and surrounding provinces primarily a garrison force to maintain public order and to engage in counter-insurgency operations in conjunction with the collaborationist forces of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, and later with its successor, the Wang Jingwei Government. It was later tasked with deterring possible landings of the Allies in the lower Yangtze River area of east central China. It surrendered to the Chinese Kuomintang forces on August 15, 1945, at the surrender of Japan and was disbanded in Shanghai.
List of commanders
Commanding officer
Chief of Staff
Subordinate units
1941 China Expeditionary Army
15th Infantry Division
17th Infantry Division
22nd Infantry Division
116th Infantry Division
1945: 13th Army of the China Expeditionary Army
60th Infantry Division
61st Infantry Division
65th Infantry Division
69th Infantry Division
118th Infantry Division
161st Infantry Division
90th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) 92nd Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) 6th Independent Infantry Brigade