Japanese Seventeenth Army

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Imperial Japanese Army formation field army

The Japanese Seventeenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that defended parts of the Southwest Pacific, notably Borneo, against advancing Allied forces in 1945.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
17th Army (Japan)	1
Japanese 17th Army	1
Japanese 17th Army elements	1
Japanese Seventeenth Army canonical	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army formation ⓘ field army ⓘ
allegiance	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
branch	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
disestablished	1945 ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Balikpapan (1945) ⓘ Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ surface form: Battle of North Borneo (1945) Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tarakan (1945) Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ
garrison	Borneo ⓘ
historicalEra	20th century ⓘ
location	British North Borneo ⓘ surface form: British Borneo Kalimantan ⓘ surface form: Dutch Borneo southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific
militaryBranchType	army ⓘ
notableOperationArea	Borneo ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces ⓘ Australian Army ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States forces
partOf	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
primaryTask	defend oil-producing regions in Borneo ⓘ delay Allied advances ⓘ
role	defense of Japanese-held territories in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ ground combat operations ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	Second Area Army ⓘ Southern Expeditionary Army Group ⓘ
surrenderContext	Japanese surrender in World War II ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Allied forces in the Pacific ⓘ
theater	Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II
timePeriod	1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borneo campaign (1945) → opponent → Japanese Seventeenth Army ⓘ

Battle of Bougainville → primaryOpposingForce → Japanese Seventeenth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: 17th Army (Japan)

Landing at Arawe → opposedBy → Japanese Seventeenth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese 17th Army

Third Battle of the Matanikau → opponent → Japanese Seventeenth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese 17th Army elements