The Japanese 10th Army was formed on October 20, 1937 under the
Imperial General Headquarters, and came under the control of the
Japanese Central China Area Army on November 7 of the same year. It was an emergency reinforcement force to supplement the Japanese
Shanghai Expeditionary Army in China after the
Second Shanghai Incident. The Japanese 10th Army subsequently participated in the
Battle of Nanjing and the subsequent atrocities known as the
Nanking Massacre. The unit was officially disbanded in
Nanjing on February 14, 1938. ==List of Commanders==