First Army (Japan)

Japanese First Army
Japanese General Kuroki and his Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii
ActiveSeptember 1894 – September 1945 
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCorps
Nickname(s)Otsu (, Second)
EngagementsFirst Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II

The Japanese 1st Army (第1軍, Dai-ichi gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on three occasions.

  1. ^ The Japanese Army 1931-1945, Osprey Publishing, p.15