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Second Army (Japan)

Field	Value
unit_name	Japanese Second Army
image	Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Japanese Troops in the Battle of Shaho
dates	Sept 1894-Aug 1945
country	Empire of Japan
branch
type	Infantry
role	Amphibious warfare
Anti-tank warfare
Armoured reconnaissance
Artillery observer
Banzai charge
Bomb disposal
Close-quarters battle
Cold-weather warfare
Combined arms
Counter-battery fire
Direct fire
Fire support
HUMINT
Indirect fire
Intelligence assessment
Jungle warfare
Maneuver warfare
Military communications
Military engineering
Military intelligence
Military logistics
Patrolling
Raiding
Reconnaissance
Trench warfare
Urban warfare
nickname	Ikioi
battles	First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II

Anti-tank warfare Armoured reconnaissance Artillery observer Banzai charge Bomb disposal Close-quarters battle Cold-weather warfare Combined arms Counter-battery fire Direct fire Fire support HUMINT Indirect fire Intelligence assessment Jungle warfare Maneuver warfare Military communications Military engineering Military intelligence Military logistics Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Trench warfare Urban warfare Russo-Japanese War Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

1st Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
5th Infantry Division
32nd Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division
36th Infantry Division
IJA 57th Independent Mixed Brigade
IJA 128th Independent Mixed Brigade
IJN 2nd Marine Landing Brigade

The Japanese 2nd Army was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on four occasions.

History

The Japanese 2nd Army was initially raised during the First Sino-Japanese War from September 27, 1894, to May 14, 1895, under the command of General Ōyama Iwao.

It was revived for the Russo-Japanese War from March 6, 1904, to January 2, 1906, under the command of General Oku Yasukata. It fought in most of the major campaigns of the war, including the Battle of Nanshan, Battle of Te-li-Ssu, Battle of Tashihchiao, Battle of Shaho, Battle of Liaoyang, Battle of Sandepu, and Battle of Mukden.

The Japanese 2nd Army was raised again on August 23, 1937, and placed under the command of the Japanese Northern China Area Army as reinforcement to Japanese forces in China following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The 2nd Army participated in the North China Incident, Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation, Battle of Xuzhou and Battle of Taierzhuang before being demobilized on December 15, 1938.

The fourth and final incarnation of the Japanese 2nd Army was on July 4, 1942, when it was revived under the command of the Japanese First Area Army in Manchukuo. It was transferred to the Japanese Second Area Army on October 30, 1943. Towards the closing stages of the war, on June 30, 1945, it was transferred to the Southern Expeditionary Army Group and was based in the Celebes at the end of World War II.

List of commanders

Commanding officer

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Chief of Staff

		Name		From		To
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X
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X
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X
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