Tentara Kwantung
Also known as Japanese Kwantung Army
group of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1919 to 1945
Key facts
- Active
- April 1919 – August 1945
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Allegiance
- Emperor of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Type
- General Army
- Size
- 300,000 (1940), 763,000 (1941), 713,000 (1945)
- Garrison hq
- Ryojun , Kwantung Leased Territory (1906–1932) , Xinjing , Manchukuo (1932–1945)
- Nicknames
- Toku ( 德兵團 , Toku heidan ) , " Virtue "
- Engagements
- Huanggutun Incident Invasion of Manchuria First Battle of Hopei Pacification of Manchukuo Soviet–Japanese border conflicts Battle of Lake Khasan Battle of Khalkhin Gol Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Beiping-Tianjin Operation Chahar Second World War Soviet invasion of Manchuria
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1906 establishments in the Japanese colonial empire1945 disestablishments in the Japanese colonial empire20th century in ManchuriaArmies of ManchukuoArmy groups of JapanCoordinates not on WikidataJapanese war crimes in ChinaKwantung ArmyKwantung Leased TerritoryMilitary of ManchukuoMilitary units and formations disestablished in 1945Military units and formations established in 1906