Japanese Thirty-Eighth Army
ActiveNovember 9, 1942 - August 15, 1945 
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCorps
Garrison/HQHanoi
Nickname(s)Shin (, Trustworthy)

The Japanese 38th Army (第38軍, Dai-sanjyūhachi gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

History

The Indochina Garrison Army (印度支那駐屯軍, Indoshina Chutongun) was formed on September 9, 1942 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group following the Japanese invasion and occupation of French Indochina.

On November 12, 1944, with the threat of possible landings of Allied forces to retake French Indochina increasing, the organizational structure of the Southern Expeditionary Army changed, and the Indochina Garrison Army was re-designated the Japanese Thirty-Eighth Army. It remained stationed in French Indochina as a garrison force as before.

The Japanese 38th Army was involved in the Meigo Sakusen (Operation Bright Moon) of March 1945, which resulted in the proclamation of the Empire of Vietnam independent from French rule.

The Japanese 38th Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 at Hanoi.

List of commanders

Commanding officer

NameFromTo
1Lieutenant General Viscount Kazumoto Machijiri10 November 194222 November 1944Indochina Garrison Army
2Lieutenant General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi22 November 194420 December 1944Indochina Garrison Army
3Lieutenant General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi20 December 1944September 1945Japanese 38th Army

Chief of Staff

NameFromTo
1Lieutenant General Saburo Kawamura5 December 194222 November 1944Indochina Garrison Army
2Lieutenant General Saburo Kawamura20 December 19442 June 1945Japanese 38th Army
3Major General Teiji Koudo2 June 1945September 1945Japanese 38th Army

References

    Books

    • Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X.
    • Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.
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