Organization of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia
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Organization of Japanese forces in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II.
Southern Army Command (Indochina HQ)
[edit]- Hisaichi Terauchi, Commander of Southern Army
- Seiichi Aoki, Assistant Chief of Staff Southern Army
- Kitsuju Ayabe, Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army
- Masazumi Inada, Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army
- Jo Iimura, Chief of Staff Southern Army
Japanese Forces in Hong-Kong
[edit]- Takeo Ito: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 38th Division, Hong Kong
- Rensuke Isogai: Governor-General of Hong Kong
- Major-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 Army
- Hisaichi 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 hemorrhage
Chief 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, Philippines
Staff officers, Indochina Army Garrison
[edit]- Masutaro Nakai:- Staff Officer, French Indo-China Expeditionary Army
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:
- 64th Sentai
- 3rd Sentai:- about 430 planes, In South French Indo-China
- 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 Peninsula
Structures 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 campaign
- Makino Shiro:- 16th Division Commander (Leyte)
- Sōsaku Suzuki:- Thirty-fifth Army Commander (Central and Southern Philippines), killed in action
- Yuitsu Tsuchihashi:- 48th Division Commander (Philippines operation)
- Tadasu Kataoka:- 1st Division Chief
- Tsuyuo Yamagata:- 26th Division Commander
- Shigenori Kuroda:- Fourteenth Army Commander
- Shinpei Fukuei:- led the 102nd Division
- Shizuo 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, Baguio
Commanding Generals of Army Units in the Philippines
[edit]- Yoshiharu Iwanaka: General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division, Philippines
- Torao Ikuta: Commandant Manila Garrison
- Masaharu Homma General Officer Commanding 14th Army, Philippines
- Takichi Hōjō: Commanding Officer 54th Independent Mixed Brigade, Philippines
- Lieutenant-General Igatu: General Officer Commanding Prisoner of War Camps Philippines
- Masatsugu Araki: Commanding Officer 79th Brigade, Philippines
- Isamu Chō: Southern Army Liaison Officer to 14th Army, Philippines
- Shinpei Fukei: General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines and General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines
- Jiro Harada: General Officer Commanding 10th Division and General Officer Commanding 100th Division, Philippines
- Yoshihide Hayashi: Director-General of Military Administration Philippines
Commanders of Army Air Force, during Philippines Campaign
[edit]- Kioji Tominaga:- Fourth Air Army Commander; arrived Manila—engaged in Philippines Campaign
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 Field
Units 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
- First Air Fleet
- Tainan Air Group
- Takao Air Group
- 204th Air Group
- 1st Air Group
- Japanese Army
- Fourth Air Army
- 11th Air Fleet
- 2nd Sentai
- 14th Sentai
- 30th Sentai
- Tachikawa Air Unit (technical evaluations on captured equipment)
- 4th Air Division
- 7th Air Division
- 2d Air Division
Organization of Japanese units in Singapore
[edit]Commander in Chief, Seventh Area Army
[edit]- Seishirō Itagaki, Commander in Chief, Seventh Area Army (Singapore)
Deputy Chief of Staff, Singapore Units
[edit]- Kitsuju Ayabe:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army (Singapore)
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 War
Chiefs of Unit 9420, Singapore
[edit]- Rioichi Naito:- founder of Oka Unit (Unit 9420)
- Masataka Kitagawa:- Commander of Unit 9420
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, Singapore
- Shinpei Fukei: Commandant Prisoner of War Camps, Singapore
- Kenji Doihara: Commander in Chief 7th Area Army, Singapore
- Masazumi Inada: Commanding Officer 3rd Shipping Transport Command, Singapore
- Kiyotake Kawaguchi, commanded the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment striking 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 Peninsula
Structures 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 Islands
- Major-General Saburo Isoda: Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army
- Toshio Itsuki: Commanding Officer 36th Independent Mixed Brigade, Nicobar Islands
- Hideo Iwakuro: Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army
Japanese Air Force Commanders in Singapore
[edit]- Satoshi Kinoshita (木下敏 中将):- Chief of Third Air Army (HQ in Singapore)
Air Units in Malaya, Singapore
[edit]- Japanese Navy
- Japanese Army
- Tachikawa Air Unit (technical evaluations on captured equipment)
- 5th Air Division
- 7th Air Division
- 9th Air Division
Organization of Burmese Army Detachment
[edit]Commanders-in-Chief, Burma Area Army
[edit]- Masakazu Kawabe:- Commanding General, Burma Area Army
- Heitarō Kimura:- Commanding General, Burma Area Army
Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army
[edit]- Shinichi Tanaka:- Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army
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 Army
- Kōtoku 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 Army
- Hideo 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-Burma
- Masaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 33rd Army, Burma
- Jiro 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, Burma
- Tadashi 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
- Kanoya Air Group
- Yamada Air Group
- Toko Air Group
- Seaplane tender Sagara Maru
- 22nd Koku Sentai
Japanese Units in Thailand
[edit]Eighteenth Area Army Commander
[edit]- Aketo Nakamura:- Eighteenth Area Army Commander
- Shihachi Katamura:- Fifteenth Army Commander
- Aketo 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, Thailand
- Katsumi 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, Borneo
- Shinichi 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]- Japanese Navy
- Genzan Air Group
- Tainan Air Group
- 934th Air Fleet
- 36th Air Fleet
- ^ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Major-General Kiyotake Kawaguchi". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942.
- ^ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Major-General Shizuo Sakaguchi". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942.
- ^ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Lieutenant-General Hitoshi Imamura". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Major-General Takeo Ito". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12.
References
[edit]- L, Klemen (2000). "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2021-03-30.