The IJA 34th Army was formed in
Hebei province, in Japanese-occupied China on 3 July 1944 from the Wuhan Defense Army (武漢防衛軍, Bukan Bōei-gun), a force created out of reserve elements of the
IJA 11th Army to protect Japanese rear lines when the IJA 11th Army moved south to participate in the
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou during
Operation Ichi-Go. Afterwards, it was transferred to the operational control of the
Japanese Sixth Area Army, and continued in its role as a
garrison force for
Wuhan and the surrounding region. In March 1945, it participated in counter-insurgency operations with the
IJA 12th Army and in June was transferred to the operational control of the
Kwantung Army. The following month, it completed a transfer from China to
Hamhung, in
northern Korea, where it was assigned border patrol during against possible incursions by the
Soviet Union into Korea and part of southern
Manchukuo. It was overrun by the Soviet
Red Army during the
Soviet invasion of Manchuria at the end of World War II.
Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House.
ISBN0-679-41424-X.
Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45). Osprey Publishing.
ISBN1841763543.
Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.
Glantz, David (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 7). Routledge.
ISBN0-7146-5279-2.
The IJA 34th Army was formed in
Hebei province, in Japanese-occupied China on 3 July 1944 from the Wuhan Defense Army (武漢防衛軍, Bukan Bōei-gun), a force created out of reserve elements of the
IJA 11th Army to protect Japanese rear lines when the IJA 11th Army moved south to participate in the
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou during
Operation Ichi-Go. Afterwards, it was transferred to the operational control of the
Japanese Sixth Area Army, and continued in its role as a
garrison force for
Wuhan and the surrounding region. In March 1945, it participated in counter-insurgency operations with the
IJA 12th Army and in June was transferred to the operational control of the
Kwantung Army. The following month, it completed a transfer from China to
Hamhung, in
northern Korea, where it was assigned border patrol during against possible incursions by the
Soviet Union into Korea and part of southern
Manchukuo. It was overrun by the Soviet
Red Army during the
Soviet invasion of Manchuria at the end of World War II.
Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House.
ISBN0-679-41424-X.
Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45). Osprey Publishing.
ISBN1841763543.
Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW.
Glantz, David (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 7). Routledge.
ISBN0-7146-5279-2.