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Army groups of the National Revolutionary Army

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The army groups ({{zh|t=集團軍}}, also translated as group armies) of the National Revolutionary Army were the largest conventional mobile formations in the organization of the army of the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The first army groups were established immediately after the Japanese attack at Marco Polo Bridge on 7 July 1937, and new army groups continued to be formed throughout the war.

During the war, the only military formations larger than the army group were the military regions, which were defined by geographical boundaries, and the army corps, of which only four were formed and only during the Battle of Wuhan. In effect, the army group was the largest fighting unit of the National Revolutionary Army, and usually exercised command over two or more field armies or several corps, and assorted lesser units. They were roughly equivalent in size to an Army in British or American military terminology. By the end of the war with Japan, 40 army groups of China were in existence. The civil war saw three additional army groups being formed, even as they were gradually being replaced by newly formed army corps, by then a largely analogous formation. The following list provides an overview of the army groups in the National Revolutionary Army, including their organization, commanders, and important battles.

1st to 10th army groups

Commanders killed in action are denoted by {{KIA}}

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! width="30%" scope=col| OrganizationBureau of Modern History. Daily Historical Records of the Republic of China (1931–1945). Republic of China: Academia Sinica, 1949.

! width="15%" scope=col| CommandersCommanders of the Nationalist Group Armies. Published in Memories of Thirty-Eight Years of the Republic, 2006.

! width="12%" scope=col| Duration

! width="28%" scope=col| Major battlesHsu Long-hsuen, and Chang Ming-kai. History of the Sino Japanese War (1937–1945). 2nd ed. Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing Co., 1972.Hu Pu-yu. A Brief History of Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). 1st ed. Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing Co., 1974.

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 1st Army Group
第一集團軍

| Established: Aug 1937
Disbanded: Apr 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Song Zheyuan
宋哲元

| Aug 1937 – Apr 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

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| rowspan=3 | Reestablished: Oct 1938
Reorganized into 1st Army Corps: Sep 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Long Yun
龍雲

| Oct 1938 – Jan 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Lu Han
盧漢

| Jan 1939 – Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Nanchang
First Battle of Changsha
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Second Battle of Changsha
Third Battle of Changsha
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Sun Du
孫渡

| Mar 1945 – Sep 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 2nd Army Group
第二集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Sep 1937
Reorganized into 4th Pacification Area: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Zhi
劉峙

| Sep 1937 – Feb 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
Battle of Taiyuan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Sun Lianzhong
孫連仲

| Feb 1938 – Aug 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
Battle of South Henan
Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Ruming
劉汝明

| Aug 1943 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Changde
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=6 | 3rd Army Group
第三集團軍

| rowspan=4 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded:Mar 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Han Fuju
韓復榘

| Sep 1937 – Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yu Xuezhong
于學忠

| Jan 1938 – Jun 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Xuzhou

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Sun Tongxuan
孫桐萱

| Jun 1938 – Feb 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of South Henan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhang Xuezhong
張雪中

| Feb 1943 – Mar 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| rowspan=2 | Reestablished: Sep 1943
Disbanded: Nov 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Tiejun
李鐵軍

| Sep 1943 – Feb 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhao Shoushan
趙壽山

| Feb 1944 – Nov 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 4th Army Group
第四集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Mar 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Jiang Dingwen
蔣鼎文

| Sep 1937 – Feb 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Sun Weiru
孫蔚如

| Feb 1939 – Jun 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of South Shanxi
Battle of Central Henan
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Xingzhong
李興中

| Jun 1945 – Mar 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 5th Army Group
第五集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Mar 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Gu Zhutong
顧祝同

| Sep 1937 – Jun 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yu Xuezhong
于學忠

| Jun 1938 – Feb 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zeng Wanzhong
曾萬鐘

| Feb 1939 – Mar 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of South Shanxi

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| Reestablished: Jan 1943
Disbanded: Apr 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Du Yuming
杜聿明

| Jan 1943 – Apr 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 6th Army Group
第六集團軍

| rowspan=4 | Established: Sep 1937
Reorganized into 10th Army Corps: Nov 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yang Aiyuan
楊愛源

| Sep 1937 – Mar 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Taiyuan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Chen Changjie
陳長捷

| Mar 1939 – Jan 1941

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yang Aiyuan
楊愛源

| Jan 1941 – Jan 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Jingguo
王靖國

| Jan 1946 – Nov 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 7th Army Group
第七集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Sep 1937
Reorganized into Shanxi Guerrilla Corps Command: May 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Fu Zuoyi
傅作義

| Sep 1937 – Mar 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Taiyuan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhao Chengshou
趙承綬

| Mar 1939 – May 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 8th Army Group
第八集團軍

| Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Jul 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhang Fakui
張發奎

| Sep 1937 – Jul 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| Reestablished: Feb 1939
Reorganized into 15th Army Corps: Nov 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Sun Chu
孫楚

| Feb 1939 – Nov 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of South Shanxi

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=6 | 9th Army Group
第九集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhang Zhizhong
張治中

| Sep 1937 – Oct 1937

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhu Shaoliang
朱紹良

| Oct 1937 – Dec 1937

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Gu Zhutong
顧祝同

| Dec 1937 – Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| rowspan=3 | Reestablished: Aug 1938
Disbanded: Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wu Qiwei
吳奇偉

| Aug 1938 – Jul 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Miao Peinan
繆培南

| Jul 1940 – Jul 1941

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Guan Linzheng
關麟徵

| Jul 1941 – Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 10th Army Group
第十集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Jan 1937
Downsized into 19th Corps: Mar 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Jianxu
劉建緒

| Jan 1937 – Aug 1941

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai
1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Jingjiu
王敬玖

| Aug 1941 – Dec 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde
Battle of West Hunan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Ou Zhen
歐震

| Dec 1945 – Mar 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

11th to 20th army groups

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=5 | 11th Army Group
第十一集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Sep 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Pinxian
李品仙

| Sep 1937 – Oct 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Xuzhou
Battle of Wuhan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xia Wei
夏威

| Oct 1939 – Nov 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Huang Qixiang
黃琪翔

| Nov 1939 – Sep 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| rowspan=2 | Reestablished: Nov 1941
Disbanded: Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Song Xilian
宋希濂

| Nov 1941 – Sep 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Huang Chieh
黃杰

| Sep 1944 – Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Second Burma Expedition

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | 12th Army Group
第十二集團軍

| Established: Dec 1937
Reorganized into Quzhou Pacification Bureau: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yu Hanmou
余漢謀

| Dec 1937 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Canton
1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | 13th Army Group
第十三集團軍

| Established: Feb 1939
Disbanded: Jan 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Jingguo
王靖國

| Feb 1939 – Jan 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 14th Army Group
第十四集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Jul 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wei Lihuang
衛立煌

| Sep 1937 – Oct 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Taiyuan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Mao'en
劉茂恩

| Oct 1939 – Jul 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of South Shanxi
Battle of Central Henan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=6 | 15th Army Group
第十五集團軍

| rowspan=5 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Jul 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Chen Cheng
陳誠

| Sep 1937 – Nov 1937

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Luo Zhuoying
羅卓英

| Nov 1937 – Dec 1937

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Chen Cheng
陳誠

| Dec 1937 – May 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
First Battle of Changsha

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xue Yue
薛岳

| May 1939 – Oct 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Guan Linzheng
關麟徵

| Oct 1939 – Jul 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| Reestablished: May 1941
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | He Zhuguo
何柱國

| May 1941 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of Central Henan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 16th Army Group
第十六集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Jan 1939
Disbanded: Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xia Wei
夏威

| Jan 1939 – Nov 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Cai Tingkai
蔡廷鍇

| Nov 1939 – Nov 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of South Guangxi

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xia Wei
夏威

| Nov 1939 – Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | 17th Army Group
第十七集團軍

| Established: Nov 1937
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Ma Hongkui
馬鴻逵

| Nov 1937 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of West Suiyuan

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | 18th Army Group
第十八集團軍

| Established: Sep 1937
Mutinied to form People's Liberation Army: from Sep 1946 to early 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhu De
朱德

| Sep 1937 – early 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Pingxingguan
Hundred Regiments Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=8 | 19th Army Group
第十九集團軍

| rowspan=4 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Oct 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xue Yue
薛岳

| Sep 1937 – Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Luo Zhuoying
羅卓英

| Jan 1938 – Apr 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Nanchang
First Battle of Changsha
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Shanggao
Second Battle of Changsha
Third Battle of Changsha

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Yinggu
劉膺古

| Apr 1942 – Jul 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Luo Zhuoying
羅卓英

| Jul 1942 – Oct 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| rowspan=4 | Reestablished: Apr 1943
Downsized into 22nd Corps: Sep 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Zhonglian
王仲廉

| Apr 1943 – Sep 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Tang Enbo
湯恩伯

| Sep 1943 – Jan 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Chen Ta-ching
陳大慶

| Jan 1944 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Central Henan
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhang Xuezhong
張雪中

| Oct 1945 – Sep 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 20th Army Group
第二十集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Sep 1937
Disbanded: Jun 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Shang Zhen
商震

| Sep 1937 – Jul 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Nanchang
First Battle of Changsha
1939–40 Winter Offensive

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Huo Kuizhang
霍揆章

| Jul 1940 – Jun 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
Second Burma Expedition

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| Reestablished: Jan 1946
Downsized into 21st Corps: Feb 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xia Chuzhong
夏楚中

| Jan 1946 – Feb 1947

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

21st to 30th army groups

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 21st Army Group
第二十一集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Oct 1937
Reorganized into 8th Pacification Area: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liao Lei {{KIA}}
廖磊 (卒)

| Oct 1937 – Oct 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai
Battle of Xuzhou
Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Pinxian
李品仙

| Oct 1939 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive
Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 22nd Army Group
第二十二集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Nov 1937
Reorganized into 5th Pacification Area: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Deng Xihou
鄧錫侯

| Nov 1937 – May 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Taiyuan
Battle of Xuzhou

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Sun Zhen
孫震

| May 1938 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
Battle of South Henan
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 23rd Army Group
第二十三集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Dec 1937
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Xiang {{KIA}}
劉湘 (卒)

| Dec 1937 – Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Xuzhou

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Tang Shizun
唐式遵

| Jan 1938 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Shanghai
Battle of Nanking
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
Battle of South Henan
Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=5 | 24th Army Group
第二十四集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Dec 1937
Disbanded: Feb 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Gu Zhutong
顧祝同

| Dec 1937 – Mar 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Xuzhou

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Han Deqin
韓德勤

| Mar 1938 – Feb 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| rowspan=2 | Reestablished: Sep 1939
Disbanded: Dec 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Pang Bingxun
龐炳勛

| Sep 1939 – May 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of South Shanxi

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| style="background: gainsboro;" | Jiang Dingwen
蔣鼎文

| May 1943 – Dec 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

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| Reestablished: Feb 1944
Disbanded: Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Yaowu
王耀武

| Feb 1944 – Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Changsha-Hengyang
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou

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| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 25th Army Group
第二十五集團軍

| Established: Dec 1937
Disbanded: Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Luo Zhuoying
羅卓英

| Dec 1937 – Jan 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Nanking

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| rowspan=2 | Reestablished: Jan 1939
Disbanded: Mar 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Chen Yi
陳儀

| Jan 1939 – Sep 1941

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 1939–40 Winter Offensive

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Jianxu
劉建緒

| Sep 1941 – Mar 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| Reestablished: Jul 1942
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Jue
李覺

| Jul 1942 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=5 | 26th Army Group
第二十六集團軍

| Established: Jan 1938
Disbanded: Dec 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xu Yuanquan
徐源泉

| Jan 1938 – Dec 1938

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Xuzhou
Battle of Wuhan

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| rowspan=4 | Reestablished: Oct 1939
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Huang Qixiang
黃琪翔

| Oct 1939 – Nov 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Cai Tingkai
蔡廷鍇

| Nov 1939 – Jul 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhou Nie
周喦

| Jul 1940 – Apr 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Song Kentang
宋肯堂

| Apr 1944 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 27th Army Group
第二十七集團軍

| rowspan=2| Established: Jan 1938
Downsized into 24th Corps: May 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yang Sen
楊森

| Jan 1938 – Jan 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Xuzhou
Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Nanchang
First Battle of Changsha
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Second Battle of Changsha
Third Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changsha-Hengyang
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Yutang
李玉堂

| Jan 1945 – May 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of West Hunan

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 28th Army Group
第二十八集團軍

| Established: Jan 1938
Disbanded: Apr 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Pan Wenhua
潘文華

| Jan 1938 – Apr 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| Reestablished: Feb 1943
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Xianzhou
李仙洲

| June 1942 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Central Henan
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 29th Army Group
第二十九集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Jan 1938
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Zuanxu
王纘緒

| Jan 1938 – Mar 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
Battle of South Henan
Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Tiejun
李鐵軍

| Mar 1944 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 30th Army Group
第三十集團軍

| Established: Apr 1938
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Lingji
王陵基

| Apr 1938 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Nanchang
First Battle of Changsha
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Shanggao
Second Battle of Changsha
Third Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde
Battle of Changsha-Hengyang

31st to 40th army groups

cellpadding="3" width="100%" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
style="background: lightsteelblue;"

! width="15%" scope=col| Unit

! width="30%" scope=col| Organization

! width="15%" scope=col| Commanders

! width="12%" scope=col| Duration

! width="28%" scope=col| Major battles

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 31st Army Group
第三十一集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Jun 1938
Downsized into 26th Corps: Dec 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Tang Enbo
湯恩伯

| Jun 1938 – Sep 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Nanchang
First Battle of Changsha
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of South Henan
Second Battle of Changsha

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Zhonglian
王仲廉

| Sep 1943 – Dec 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Central Henan
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 32nd Army Group
第三十二集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Jun 1938
Downsized into 27th Corps: Aug 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Shangguan Yunxiang
上官雲相

| Jun 1938 – Sep 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Nanchang
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Second Battle of Changsha

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Mo'an
李默庵

| Sep 1942 – Aug 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wang Jingjiu
王敬玖

| Aug 1946 – Aug 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 33rd Army Group
第三十三集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Oct 1938
Reorganized into 3rd Pacification Area: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Zhang Zizhong {{KIA}}
張自忠 (卒)

| Oct 1938 – May 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939–40 Winter Offensive
Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Feng Chian
馮治安

| May 1940 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
Battle of South Henan
Second Battle of Changsha
Battle of West Hubei
Battle of Changde
Battle of West Henan–North Hubei

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 34th Army Group
第三十四集團軍

| rowspan=4 | Established: Jan 1939
Reorganized into 4th Army Corps: Nov 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Jiang Dingwen
蔣鼎文

| Jan 1939 – Aug 1939

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Hu Zongnan
胡宗南

| Aug 1939 – Feb 1943

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Yannian
李延年

| Feb 1943 – Jan 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Central Henan

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Wen
李文

| Jan 1945 – Nov 1948

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=2 | 35th Army Group
第三十五集團軍

| rowspan=2 | Established: Oct 1939
Disbanded: Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Hanhun
李漢魂

| Oct 1939 – Jan 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Deng Longguang
鄧龍光

| Jan 1940 – Mar 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 36th Army Group
第三十六集團軍

| rowspan=3 | Established: Oct 1939
Disbanded: Jan 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Jiayu {{KIA}}
李家鈺 (卒)

| Oct 1939 – Jun 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of Central Henan

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Kan
劉戡

| Jun 1944 – Dec 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Li Yutang
李玉堂

| Dec 1944 – Jan 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| Reestablished: Mar 1945
Disbanded: Jun 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Yu Jishi
俞濟時

| Mar 1945 – Jun 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 37th Army Group
第三十七集團軍

| Established: Nov 1939
Disbanded: Apr 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Ye Zhao
葉肇

| Nov 1939 – Apr 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of South Guangxi

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| rowspan=3 | Established: Jun 1942
Downsized into 29th Corps: Aug 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Tao Shiyue
陶峙岳

| Jun 1942 – Apr 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Ding Delong
丁德隆

| Apr 1944 – Dec 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Liu Kan
劉戡

| Dec 1945 – Aug 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=3 | 38th Army Group
第三十八集團軍

| Established: Dec 1939
Disbanded: Apr 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Xu Tingyao
徐庭瑤

| Dec 1939 – Apr 1940

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Battle of South Guangxi

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| rowspan=2 | Reestablished: Jun 1942
Downsized into 1st Corp: Nov 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Fan Hanjie
范漢杰

| June 1942 – Jan 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Dong Zhao
董釗

| Jan 1945 – Nov 1946

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" rowspan=4 | 39th Army Group
第三十九集團軍

| rowspan=4 | Established: Apr 1940
Disbanded: Sep 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Shi Yousan
石友三

| Jan 1939 – Feb 1941

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Wei Lihuang
衛立煌

| Feb 1941 – Jan 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Jiang Dingwen
蔣鼎文

| Jan 1942 – Jan 1942

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Gao Shuxun
高樹勛

| Jan 1942 – Sep 1944

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

style="border: 1px #aaa solid; padding: 0.2em;"

| style="background: gainsboro;" | 40th Army Group
第四十集團軍

| Established: Sep 1943
Disbanded: Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | Ma Bufang
馬步芳

| Sep 1943 – Oct 1945

| style="background: gainsboro;" | None

41st to 43rd army groups

Three army groups were established and disbanded during the Chinese Civil War with the communists. No additional information is available.

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070906003529/http://military.china.com/zh_cn/dljl/krzz/01/11044207/20070403/14021979.html 40 Army Groups in China's War of Resistance Against Japan] {{in lang|zh}}

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