Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army)

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army group military formation theater command

The Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army) was a major Japanese theater command in World War II responsible for directing large-scale military operations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army group ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
theater command ⓘ
activeDuring 1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nanpo Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Expeditionary Army Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfOperations Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledUnit 14th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
15th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
16th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
25th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Expeditionary Army Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
disbandedAfter surrender of Japan ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
formedIn 1941 ⓘ
headquartersLocation French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saigon NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
notableCommander Hisaichi Terauchi NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective securing oil supplies for Japan ⓘ
seizure of resource-rich territories in Southeast Asia ⓘ
operation Battle of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burma Campaign (1942–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch East Indies campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malayan Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines Campaign (1941–1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankOfNotableCommander Field Marshal ⓘ
responsibleFor Japanese military operations in Southeast Asia ⓘ
Japanese military operations in the South Pacific ⓘ
defense of Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia ⓘ
invasion of Burma ⓘ
invasion of Malaya ⓘ
invasion of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942) ⓘ
role operational command ⓘ
strategic theater command ⓘ
subordinateTo Imperial General Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ
Southeast Asian theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Japanese Fourteenth Area Army → subordinateTo → Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ