 Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army (, "Kantō-gun") was the largest army group of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1919 to 1945.The Kwantung Army was formed in 1906 as a security force for the Kwantung Leased Territory and South Manchurian Railway Zone after the Russo-Japanese War, and was expanded into an army group during the Interwar period to support Japanese interests in China, Manchuria, and Mongolia.