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Parent topics

• World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. ^[e]
• Kwangtung Leasehold [r]: An area of southern Manchuria, controlled by Japan under a 99-year lease obtained in 1915, which was the base of Japanese strength on the Asian continent before World War Two in the Pacific. ^[e]
• Second Sino-Japanese War [r]: The extension of border clashes between Japan's Kwangtung Army and China, into full-scale war, beginning in 1937 and merging into World War Two in the Pacific ^[e]

Subtopics

Operations

• Nanking Incident of 1927 [r]: Attacks, on 24 March 1927, by Chinese Nationalist Revolutionary Army attack on the Japanese, American and British consulates in Nanking; used as a casus belli for deployment of Japanese troops to China ^[e]
• March 1931 Incident [r]: Failed 1931 coup by Imperial Japanese Army young officer group that wanted to install the head of the Control faction as Prime Minister of Japan ^[e]
• Manchurian Incident [r]: A fake attack on the South Manchurian Railway Company, staged by Kwangtung Army officers, in September 1931, which was the pretext for Japanese military action outside the Kwangtung Leasehold and throughout Manchuria ^[e]

Commanders

• Eitaro Hata [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (1 Jul 1929 - 31 May 1930)
• Takashi Hishikari [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (3 Jun 1930 - 1 Aug 1931), (29 Jul 1933 - 10 Dec 1934)
• Shigeru Honjo [r]: Imperial Japanese Army officer who commanded Kwangtung Army from 1 Aug 1931 to 8 Aug 1932, including the Manchurian Incident; Chief Aide-de-Camp 1933-1936 and informal adviser afterwards; committed seppuku when told he was to be arrested as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ^[e]
• Misao Kawai [r]: Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (6 Jan 1921 - 10 May 1922);Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (17 Mar 1923 - 2 Mar 1926) ^[e]
• Jiro Minami [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (10 Dec 1934 - 6 Mar 1936)
• Chotaro Muraoka [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (26 Aug 1927 - 1 Jul 1929)
• Nobuyoshi Muto [r]: Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (28 Jul 1926 - 26 Aug 1927), (8 Aug 1932 - 27 Jul 1933); Inspector General of Military Education {26 Aug 1927 - 26 May 1932) ^[e]
• Shinobu Ono [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (10 May 1922 - 10 Oct 1923)
• Yoshinori Shirakawa [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (10 Oct 1923 - 28 Jul 1926)
• Ichiro Tachibara [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (12 Apr 1919 - 6 Jan 1921)
• Kenkichi Ueda [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (6 Mar 1936 - 7 Sep 1939)
• Yoshijiro Umezu [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (7 Sep 1939 - 18 Jul 1944)
• Otozo Yamada [r]: Add brief definition or description Commanding general, Kwangtung Army, (18 Jul 1944 - 11 Aug 1945)

Personalities

• Seishiro Itagaki [r]: Imperial Japanese Army officer, a specialist in intelligence and covert operations in China, who commanded an infantry regiment during the Manchurian Incident; later chief adviser on Manchukoan affairs for the Kwangtung Army; war minister 1938-1939 during the border wars with Russia; rear army commander during WWII; condemned and hanged as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ^[e]

Other officers

• Torashiro Kawabe [r]: Add brief definition or description