Japanese Seventh Area Army
- Japanese Seventh Area Army
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Seventh Area Army
caption= General F W Messervy receives the sword of General Itagaki
dates= 1944-03-19 - 1945-08-15
country= Empire of Japan
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Field Army
garrison=Singapore
nickname=岡 (Oka = “hill”)
battles=Borneo campaign (1945)
Operation Tiderace command structure
name= Japanese Seventh Area Army
date=1945
parent=Southern Expeditionary Army Group
subordinate=
* Japanese 16th Army
* Japanese 25th Army
* Japanese 29th Army
* Japanese 3rd Air Army
* 46th Infantry Division
* IJA 26th Independent Mixed Brigade
* Shonan Garrison Force
The nihongo| Japanese Seventh Area Army|第7方面軍|Dai nana hōmen gun was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during final stages of the Pacific War. [Marston, The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima]
The Japanese 7th Area Army was formed on 1944-03-19 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of opposing landings by Allied forces in Japanese-occupied Malaya, Singapore and Borneo, Java, Sumatra and to consolidate a new defense line after the loss of the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and eastern portions of the Netherlands East Indies. [Nalty, War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay ] It had its headquarters at Singapore, and was demobilized there on the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. [Madej, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 ]
List of Commanders
Commanding officer
=Chief of Staff=
References
Books
*cite book
last = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW
*cite book
last = Marston
first = Daniel
coauthors =
year = 2005
title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841768820
*cite book
last = Nalty
first = Bernard
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay : The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
publisher = University of Oklahoma Press
location =
id = ISBN 0806131993
External links
*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6742
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Seventh Area Army
Notes
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