Japanese Kwantung Army

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The Japanese Kwantung Army was a powerful and aggressive Imperial Japanese Army group stationed in Manchuria that played a central role in Japan’s expansionist campaigns in East Asia before and during World War II.

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instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army formation
army group
activeDuring Interwar period
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
alsoKnownAs Kantōgun
Kwantung Army
commandStructure Japanese General Staff Office
committed biological warfare experiments
crimes against humanity
forced labor abuses
massacres of civilians
war crimes
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
dateFormed 1906
disbanded 1945
disbandedFollowing Japan’s surrender in World War II
engagedIn anti-partisan operations in Manchuria
counterinsurgency against Chinese resistance
garrisonLocation Kwantung Leased Territory
Manchuria
headquartersLocation Changchun
Xinjing
ideology Japanese ultranationalism
militarism
influenced Japanese foreign policy toward China
knownFor aggressive expansionist strategy
autonomous behavior from Tokyo government control
namedAfter Kwantung Leased Territory
notableOperation Battle of Khalkhin Gol
Border conflicts with the Soviet Union
Invasion of Manchuria
Mukden Incident
Operation Nekka
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
establishment of Manchukuo
opponent Chinese Communist forces
Mongolian People’s Republic
linked to: Mongolia

Republic of China
Soviet Union
oversaw Unit 731
partOf Imperial Japanese Army
peakStrength over 700000 troops
primaryTheater East Asia
Northeast China
linked to: Manchuria
region Northeast Asia
linked to: East Asia
resultOfDisbandment Soviet occupation of Manchuria
role instrument of Japanese expansionism in East Asia
occupation force in Manchuria
supported puppet state of Manchukuo
type field army group

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Chinese Communist Party forces primaryOpponent Japanese Kwantung Army
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) opposedBy Kwantung Army
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Battle of Beiping–Tianjin involvedUnit Japanese Kwantung Army detachments
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Japanese occupation of Manchuria participant Kwantung Army
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Isamu Chō memberOf Kwantung Army
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Japanese Kwantung Army alsoKnownAs Kwantung Army
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Hideki Tojo commanded Kwantung Army
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Japanese 3rd Division subordinateTo Kwantung Army
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Manchukuo militaryForce Kwantung Army
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Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation opponent Kwantung Army
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Soviet occupation of Manchuria participant Kwantung Army remnants
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Ishiwara Kanji associatedWith Kwantung Army
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Otozō Yamada commanded Kwantung Army
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Itagaki Seishirō memberOf Kwantung Army
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Mukden Incident perpetratorUnit Kwantung Army
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Mukden Incident plannedBy officers of the Kwantung Army
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Battle of Taiyuan hasParticipant Japanese Kwantung Army elements
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Unit 731 militaryBranch Kwantung Army
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Kwantung Leased Territory garrisonedBy Kwantung Army
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Operation Nekka participant Kwantung Army
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February 26 Incident perpetrator Imperial Japanese Army radical faction
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Concordia Association controlledBy Kwantung Army
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Zhang Zuolin associatedWith Kwantung Army
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South Manchuria Railway Company collaboratedWith Kwantung Army
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Manchukuo Imperial Army subordinateTo Kwantung Army
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Operation August Storm opponent Kwantung Army
subject linked to: August Storm
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Transbaikal Front opponent Kwantung Army
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1st Far Eastern Front opponent Kwantung Army
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2nd Far Eastern Front opponent Kwantung Army
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Soviet Far Eastern Front opponent Kwantung Army
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Kantōgun alsoKnownAs Kwantung Army
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Kantōgun alsoKnownAs 関東軍
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山田乙三 associatedWith 関東軍
subject linked to: 山田 乙三
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Mukden Arsenal controlledBy Japanese Kwantung Army
September 18 Incident perpetratorUnit Kwantung Army
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September 18 Incident involvedParty Imperial Japanese Army Kwantung Army
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South Manchuria Railway track associatedWith Japanese Kwantung Army
South Manchuria Railway track securityProvidedBy Japanese Kwantung Army
Japanese Third Army commandStructure Japanese Manchurian Army
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Japanese occupation of Rehe participant Kwantung Army
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Yoshijirō Umezu associatedWith Kwantung Army
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Michitarō Komatsubara partOf Japanese Kwantung Army
Kwantung Government-General hadMilitarySupportFrom Kwantung Army
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Kwantung Government-General workedCloselyWith Kwantung Army
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関東州 監督権限者 関東軍
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関東州 関連軍事組織 関東軍
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Kantōshū garrisonedBy Kwantung Army
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Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army opponent Kwantung Army
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