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Organization of Japanese forces in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II .
Southern Army Command (Indochina HQ) [ edit ] Japanese Forces in Hong-Kong [ edit ] Takeo Ito : Commanding Officer Infantry Group 38th Division, Hong KongRensuke Isogai : Governor-General of Hong KongMajor-General Ichiki: Head Secretariat to Governor-General of Hong Kong
Juro Adachi: General Officer Commanding Hong Kong Defence Force
Major-General Arisue: Chief of Staff 23rd Army, China-Hong Kong Conformation of Indochina Army Garrison [ edit ] Commanders-in-Chief Indochina Army Garrison [ edit ] Yuitsu Tsuchihashi :- Commanding General, Indo-China Garrison ArmyHisaichi Terauchi :- Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army, Field Marshal; formally surrendered his command, Saigon, was moved to Malaya, died at his quarters, Johore Bahru, of cerebral hemorrhageChief of Staff Indochina Army Garrison [ edit ] Shinichi Tanaka :- Chief of Staff, Inspectorate General, LOC; inspection tour, French Indo-China, LtGen, inspection tours of French Indo-China, Thailand, Malaya, PhilippinesStaff officers, Indochina Army Garrison [ edit ] Commander of Transportation regiment Imperial Guards, Indochina detachment [ edit ] Nobuyoshi Obata :- Commanding Officer, Transportation Regiment, Imperial Guard Division, (Tokyo; French Indo-China; Malaya; Sumatra)Commanders of Regular Armies, Indochina Army Garrison [ edit ] Yuitsu Tsuchihashi :- Commanding General, Thirty-eighth Army (Indo-China)Lieutenant-General Chijisima: Governor-General of Indo-China
Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 25th Army, Indo-China Unit in Indochina [ edit ] 11th Base Unit (Saigon)
Fifteenth Army Detachment
Imperial Guard Division in South French Indo-China
55th Division headquarters were in French Indo-China Air Squadrons in Indochina area [ edit ] Japanese Navy units:
Japanese Army units:
Kiyotake Kawaguchi, command the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment struck at British Borneo.
Utata Fukunaga : Commanding Officer 16th Field Transport Command, Malaya
Lieutenant-General Inoue: General Officer Commanding 94th Division, Malaya
Teizo Ishiguro Led the Twenty-ninth Army (with 94th Division, etc.): Malay PeninsulaStructures of Japanese forces in Penang Region [ edit ] Masakichi Itami: Governor-General of Penang Region Organization of Japanese forces in Philippines [ edit ] Operative Commanders in Philippine Campaign [ edit ] Masaharu Homma :- Fourteenth Army Commander, (Philippines Campaign)Kenzo Kitano :- 4th Division Commander, from Shanghai to Philippines campaignMakino Shiro :- 16th Division Commander (Leyte)Sōsaku Suzuki :- Thirty-fifth Army Commander (Central and Southern Philippines), killed in actionYuitsu Tsuchihashi :- 48th Division Commander (Philippines operation)Tadasu Kataoka :- 1st Division ChiefTsuyuo Yamagata :- 26th Division CommanderShigenori Kuroda :- Fourteenth Army CommanderShinpei Fukuei :- led the 102nd DivisionShizuo Yokoyama :- led the 8th Division (Shinbu Group)Rikichi Tsukada :- command the 10th Division and 1st Raiding Group (Kembu Group)Fourteenth Area Army (Shobu Group)
Tomoyuki Yamashita :- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor), also Fourteenth Area Army Commander, arrived Manila, directed Philippines Campaign, surrendered, BaguioCommanding Generals of Army Units in the Philippines [ edit ] Yoshiharu Iwanaka : General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division, PhilippinesTorao Ikuta : Commandant Manila GarrisonMasaharu Homma General Officer Commanding 14th Army, PhilippinesTakichi Hōjō : Commanding Officer 54th Independent Mixed Brigade, PhilippinesLieutenant-General Igatu : General Officer Commanding Prisoner of War Camps Philippines
Masatsugu Araki : Commanding Officer 79th Brigade, PhilippinesIsamu Chō : Southern Army Liaison Officer to 14th Army, PhilippinesShinpei Fukei : General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines and General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, PhilippinesJiro Harada : General Officer Commanding 10th Division and General Officer Commanding 100th Division, PhilippinesYoshihide Hayashi : Director-General of Military Administration PhilippinesCommanders of Army Air Force, during Philippines Campaign [ edit ] Commanders of Japanese Army Airborne units, Philippines Campaign [ edit ] Rikishi Tsukada :- Commanding General, 1st Airborne Raiding Group, moved to Luzon-participated in battle for Clark FieldUnits in Philippines [ edit ] 31st Special Base Unit (Manila)
32nd Special Base Unit (Davao)
33rd Special Base Unit (Cebu)
18th Division (Leyte Island)
102d Division (Visayas)
100th Division Davao (Mindanao)
30th Division Cagayan (Mindanao)
54th Independent Mixed Brigade Zamboanga (Mindanao)
55th Independent Mixed Brigade (Jolo Island)
4th Tank Regiment - Lieut. Colonel Kumagaya
7th Tank Regiment - Colonel Sonoda
7th Independent Tank Company - Captain Kono
1st Independent Tank Company - Captain Uchida
2nd Independent Tank Company - Captain Kurobe
Itoh SNLF Tank Company - Major Itoh
2nd Tank Division - Lieut. General Iwanaka
8th Independent Tank Company - 1st Lt. Matsumoto
9th Independent Tank Company - 1st Lt. Nakajima
Iwashita Independent Tank Company - Captain Iwashita
Sumi Independent SP Gun Company - Captain Sumi
3rd Tank Brigade - Brigadier General Shigemi
6th Tank Regiment - Colonel Ida
10th Tank Regiment - Colonel Harada
4th Tank Brigade
11th Tank Regiment Air Squadrons in Philippines [ edit ] Japanese Navy
Japanese Army
Organization of Japanese units in Singapore [ edit ] Commander in Chief, Seventh Area Army [ edit ] Deputy Chief of Staff, Singapore Units [ edit ] Officers attached to Seventh Area Army HQ [ edit ] Kitsuju Ayabe :- assigned to Seventh Area Army Headquarters (Singapore)Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army [ edit ] Kitsuju Ayabe :- Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army, till end of WarChiefs of Unit 9420, Singapore [ edit ] Commanders of regular Armies, Malay Peninsula [ edit ] Twenty-ninth Army Commander, Teizo Ishiguro
94th Division, Commander Teizo Ishiguro (HQ in Malay Peninsula)
Satoshi Kinoshita (木下敏 中将): Commander of Third Air Army was assigned to Singapore, where it controlled the 5th, 7th, and 9th Air Divisions, etc.Major-General Arimina: Commandant Changi Jail, Singapore
Kitsuju Ayabe : Chief of Staff 7th Area Army, SingaporeShinpei Fukei : Commandant Prisoner of War Camps, SingaporeKenji Doihara : Commander in Chief 7th Area Army, SingaporeMasazumi Inada : Commanding Officer 3rd Shipping Transport Command, SingaporeKiyotake Kawaguchi , commanded the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment striking at British Borneo.Utata Fukunaga : Commanding Officer 16th Field Transport Command, MalayaLieutenant-General Inoue: General Officer Commanding 94th Division, Malaya
Teizo Ishiguro : Led the Twenty-ninth Army (with 94th Division, etc.): Malay PeninsulaStructures of Japanese forces in Penang Region [ edit ] Masakichi Itami: Governor-General of Penang Region Operative units in Malaya area [ edit ] 1st Tank Regiment - Colonel Mukaida
6th Tank Regiment - Colonel Kawamura
14th Tank Regiment - Colonel Kita Chiefs of Regular Armies, Singapore Campaign [ edit ] Tomoyuki Yamashita :- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor)Japanese Units in Singapore, Andaman and Malaya [ edit ] 10th Special Base Unit (Singapore)
12th Special Base Unit (Andaman)
15th Base Unit (Penang)
Seventh Area Army (Singapore) - Kenji Doihara
Sixteenth Army
Twenty-fifth Army
Twenty-ninth Army Japanese Army organization in Andaman/Nicobar Islands [ edit ] Yoshisuke Inoue : Commanding Officer 35th Independent Mixed Brigade, Andaman IslandsMajor-General Saburo Isoda : Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army
Toshio Itsuki : Commanding Officer 36th Independent Mixed Brigade, Nicobar IslandsHideo Iwakuro : Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National ArmyJapanese Air Force Commanders in Singapore [ edit ] Air Units in Malaya, Singapore [ edit ] Japanese Navy
Japanese Army
Organization of Burmese Army Detachment [ edit ] Commanders-in-Chief, Burma Area Army [ edit ] Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army [ edit ] Commanders in regular Armies, Burma Area [ edit ] Shinichi Tanaka :- 18th Division Commander (Burma)Masakazu Kawabe led the (Burma Area Army)Shozo Sakurai Commanded the Twenty-eighth ArmyKōtoku Satō command the 31st Division
Yuzo Matsuyama 56th Division, commanded by Lieutenant General
Masabumi Yamauchi led the 15th Division
Renya Mutaguchi , who had command of the Fifteenth ArmyHideo Iwakuro: Chief of Staff 55th Division, Burma and Chief of Staff 28th Army, Burma
Takeakira Isomura: Deputy Chief of Staff Burma Area Army, Burma
Haruki Isayama, : Chief of Staff 15th Army, Burma
Shōjirō Iida : General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Thailand-BurmaMasaki Honda : General Officer Commanding 33rd Army, BurmaJiro Ichida : Vice Chief of Staff Burma Area Army
Tuyoji Hirano,: Commanding Officer Kempeitai 25th Army, Sumatra
Toshiji Aida : Commanding Officer Infantry Group 18th Division, Burma
Iwaichi Fujiwara : Chief of Intelligence 15th Army, BurmaTadashi Hanaya: General Officer Commanding 55th Division, Burma
Yoshihide Hayashi: Commanding Officer 24th Independent Mixed Brigade, Burma and General Officer Commanding 53rd Division, Burma Operative units in Burma [ edit ] 1st Company/2nd Tank Regiment - First Lieut. Okada
14th Tank Regiment - Lieut.Colonel Ueda Air Units in Burma [ edit ] Japanese Army units:
Japanese Navy units
Japanese Units in Thailand [ edit ] Eighteenth Area Army Commander [ edit ] Aketo Nakamura :- Eighteenth Area Army CommanderShihachi Katamura :- Fifteenth Army CommanderAketo Nakamura: Led The Eighteenth Area Army, was stationed in Thailand
Masachika Hirata: General Officer Commanding 22nd Division, Thailand
Tadashi Hanaya: Chief of Staff 18th Area Army, Thailand
Shōjirō Iida : General Officer Commanding 15th Army, ThailandKatsumi Adachi: General Officer Commanding 4th Special Railway Corps, Thailand
Hitoshi Hamada: Chief of Staff 39th Army, Thailand: Deputy Chief of Staff 18th Area Army, Thailand and Second Superintendent of Railways, Thailand Conformation of Japanese forces in the Dutch East Indies [ edit ] Commanders in Japanese forces detachment, Dutch East Indies [ edit ] Kenzo Kitano :- Nineteenth Army Commander (Headquarters: Amboina)Yuichiro Nagano :- Commander Sixteenth Army and 48th Division (Headquarters: Java)Moritake Tanabe :- Twenty-fifth Army and the Imperial Guard Division unit (Headquarters: Sumatra)Fusataro Teshima :- Second Army Commander with leading of 5th, 32nd, 35th, and 36th Divisions comprised the heart of this army.Commanders in Regular Armies, Dutch East Indies Campaign [ edit ] Kiyotake Kawaguchi :- Brigade Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade (MajGen), after outbreak of Pacific war, participated in Borneo invasion.[1] Shizuo Sakaguchi : Commanded the Sakaguchi Detachment built around three infantry battalions detached on the eastern coast of Borneo.[2] Moritake Tanabe : Commanding Twenty-fifth Army (with the Imperial Guard Division, etc.) Sumatra area.Hitoshi Imamura : Commanding 16th Army, Java, then 8th Area Army (responsible for 17th Army in the Solomons and 18th Army in New Guinea)[3] Yuichiro Nagano: Commanding 16th Army, Java
Kumachiki Hada: Commanding 16th Army, Java
Major-General Akashi: Commanding Officer 56th Independent Mixed Brigade , Borneo
Masao Baba General Officer Commanding 4th Division, Sumatra and General Officer Commanding 37th Army, BorneoShinichi Endo: Commanding Officer 57th Independent Mixed Brigade, Celebes
Major-General Ishiri: Commander in Moluccas Area
Takeo Itō : Commanding Officer 40th Independent Mixed Brigade, New Ireland Island from 8 July 1944[4] Shigeo Iwabe: Commanding Officer 28th Independent Mixed Brigade, Java
Jo Iimura: Commander in Chief 2nd Area Army, Celebes Units in the Dutch East Indies [ edit ] 21st Special Base Unit (Surabaya)
22nd Special Base Unit (Balikpapan)
23rd Special Base Unit (Makassar)
25th Special Base Unit (Ambon)
Second Area Army (in the Celebes)
Thirty-seventh Army (in South Borneo) - Masao Baba
4th Tank Regiment - Lieut.Colonel Kumagaya
2nd Tank Regiment - Colonel Mori Units in Halmahera island (Dutch East Indies) [ edit ] Imperial Army detachment
32nd Division-Lieutenant-General Yoshiho Ishii
128th Independent Mixed Brigade
Imperial Navy detachment
26th Special Base Force - Vice-Admiral Shinichi Ichinose . (It was disbanded in the late World War II) Japanese Air Units in the Dutch East Indies [ edit ] References [ edit ] 
