Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army also known as the Guandong Army, was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the early twentieth century. It became the largest and most prestigious command in the IJA. Many of its personnel, such as Chiefs of Staff Seishirō Itagaki and Hideki Tōjō, were promoted to high positions in both the military and civil government in the Empire of Japan and it was largely responsible for the creation of the Japanese-dominated Empire of Manchukuo.

Kwantung Army in The War That Came Early
The Kwantung Army was a power unto it's self on the Asian continent and had been responsible for Japan's war against China. It dictated the country's foreign policy as often as Tokyo told it what to do. Many people in both civilian and political life disproved of the Kwantung's actions, but kept quite as they feared assassination from the Army.