Kwantung Army Headquarters

…Japanese army units stationed in Manchuria (present-day northeastern China). After the Russo-Japanese War, the Army Department of the Kwantung Government-Faculty was established in 1906 and was responsible for guarding the Kwantung Leased Territory and the South Manchuria Railway Territory. In April 1919, the Kwantung Government-Faculty was replaced by the Kwantung Agency, and at the same time, the Army Department became independent and the Kwantung Army Headquarters was established in Port Arthur. The Kwantung Army Commander was in charge of all the army units in Manchuria, including the Manchuria Independent Garrison, the Port Arthur Fortress Headquarters, and the Kwantung Army Military Police, in addition to one division that was sent in rotation from the mainland.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kwantung Army Headquarters" is listed below.

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…満州(現，中国東北地方)に駐屯した日本の陸軍部隊。日露戦争後の1906年新設された関東都督府陸軍部は関東州租借地と満鉄付属地の警備に当たったが，19年4月官制改正により関東都督府に代わって関東庁が置かれ，同時に陸軍部は独立して関東軍司令部が旅順に設置された。関東軍司令官は内地から交替で派遣された1個師団のほか，満州独立守備隊，旅順要塞司令部，関東軍憲兵隊など在満陸軍部隊全部を統轄した。…

※「関東軍司令部」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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