Central China Expeditionary Army (Japanese Army)

Central China Expeditionary Army (中支那派遣軍 Naka Shina Haken Gun)

Assignment

Commander

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
1	30 Oct 1937	General	Matsui Iwane	9th class, MA	Cdr, Shanghai Exp Army	demobilized	Commander, Central China Area Army
1	14 Feb 1938	General	Hata Shunroku	12th class, MA	Military Councillor	Military Councillor	Commander, Central China Expeditionary Army
2	15 Dec 1938	Lt General	Yamada Otozo	14th class, MA	Cdr, 3rd Army	Inspector General	23 Sep 1939 disbanded

Chief of Staff

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
1	2 Nov 1937	Maj General	Tsukada Osamu	19th class, MA	Chief, 3rd Bu, General Staffs	Cdt, Military College
1	15 Feb 1938	Maj General	Kawabe Masakazu	19th class, MA	Vice CoS, North China Area Army	Dir, Office of Inspectorate General
2	31 Jan 1939	Maj General	Yoshimoto Teiichi	20th class, MA	CoS, 11th Army	Att, General Staffs	9 Mar 1939 Lt General 23 Sept 1939 disbanded

Vice Chief of Staff

no	from	to	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
	1 Dec 1937	31 Jul 1938	Colonel, Inf	Muto Akira	25th class, MA	Chief, Ope Sect, 1st Bu, General Staffs	Vice CoS, North China Area Army
	15 Jul 1938	12 Sept 1939	Maj General	Suzuki Sosaku	24th class, MA	Chief, 2nd Sect, Inspectorate General	Vice CoS, China Exp Army

reference

• Category:Commander, Central China Area Army (Japanese Army)
• Category:Commander, Central China Expeditionary Army (Japanese Army)