Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines

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The Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines was an Imperial Japanese Army formation that led the 1941–1942 invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II, including the campaign that resulted in the Bataan Death March.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army formation
field army
allegiance Imperial Japanese Army
areaOfOperations Bataan Peninsula
Luzon
Manila Bay
associatedEvent Japanese occupation of the Philippines
surface form: Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945)
branch Army
campaign Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
commander Masaharu Homma
conflict World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
endTime 1942
engagedWith United States Fleet
surface form: United States Navy (in support of U.S. forces in the Philippines)
garrison Luzon
historicalPeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War
languageOfCommand Japanese
location Philippines
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
notableFor Bataan Death March
Battle of Bataan
surface form: Bataan campaign

invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942)
occupation of the Philippines
objective conquest of the Philippines
neutralization of American bases in the Philippines
operation Battle of Bataan
Battle of Corregidor (1942)
invasion of Luzon
opponent Philippine Commonwealth Army
United States Army
United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Forces in the Far East
partOf Imperial Japanese Army
responsibleFor Bataan Death March
resultOfOperations fall of Corregidor
surrender of U.S. and Filipino forces on Bataan
side Axis powers
startTime 1941
subordinateTo Southern Expeditionary Army Group
theater Pacific War
Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
timePeriod early Pacific War
typeOfUnit combined arms army
warCrimeContext mistreatment of American and Filipino prisoners of war

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Masaharu Homma commanded Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines
Yamashita Tomoyuki commanded Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines
this entity surface form: Japanese forces in the Philippines
Fumiko Homma notableCommand Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines
subject surface form: Masaharu Homma
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese forces in the Philippines