Eleventh Army (Japan)

Japanese Eleventh Army
Japanese troops enter Wuhan
Active	July 4, 1938 – August 15, 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Wuhan, Japanese-occupied China
Nickname(s)	Ro (呂, Backbone?)
Engagements	Battle of Wuhan

The Japanese 11th Army (第11軍, Dai-jyū-ichi gun^?) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese 11th Army was formed on July 4, 1938 under the Japanese Central China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the central provinces of China between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. The 11th Army played a major role in the Battle of Wuhan. From September 1939, it came under the newly formed China Expeditionary Army and was transferred to the control of the Japanese Sixth Area Army in September 1944. It was disbanded at Quanzhou County (Guilin) in Guangxi province at the surrender of Japan.