Third Army (Japan)

Japanese Third Army
IJA 3rd Army at Port Arthur, 1904
Active	May 1904-August 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Yanji, Manchukuo
Nickname(s)	Iwa (岩, rock)
Engagements	Russo-Japanese War Soviet invasion of Manchuria

The Japanese 3rd Army (第3軍, Dai-san gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army based in Manchukuo as a garrison force under the overall command of the Kwantung Army during World War II, but its history dates to the Russo-Japanese War.