Third Army (Japan)

Japanese Third Army
IJA 3rd Army at Port Arthur, 1904
ActiveMay 1904-August 1945 
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCorps
Garrison/HQYanji, Manchukuo
Nickname(s)Iwa (, rock)
EngagementsRusso-Japanese War
Soviet invasion of Manchuria

The Japanese 3rd Army (第3軍, Dai-san gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army based in Manchukuo as a garrison force under the overall command of the Kwantung Army during World War II, but its history dates to the Russo-Japanese War.