Southern Army

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The Southern Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for conducting military operations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army formation
army group
activeDuring 1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
allegiance Emperor of Japan
alsoKnownAs Nanpo Gun
Southern Expeditionary Army Group
conflict World War II
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
disbandedIn 1945
engagedIn Battle of Singapore
Burma Campaign
linked to: Burma campaign

Japanese invasion of Malaya
linked to: Battle of Malaya

Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942)
formedOn 1941-11-06
headquartersLocation Indochina
Saigon
notableCommander Count Hisaichi Terauchi
linked to: Hisaichi Terauchi

Hisaichi Terauchi
objective cutting Allied supply lines to China
securing oil supplies in the Dutch East Indies
seizure of resource-rich territories in Southeast Asia
opponent Australia
British Empire
China
Free French forces in Indochina
Netherlands
United States
partOf Imperial Japanese Army
rankOfCommander Field Marshal
responsibleFor Japanese military operations in Southeast Asia
Japanese military operations in the Pacific
subordinateUnit 14th Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
linked to: 14th Army

15th Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
16th Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
linked to: 16th Army

25th Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
linked to: Japanese 25th Army

Southern Expeditionary Fleet ground forces
surrenderedTo Allied forces in Southeast Asia in 1945
theater Burma
linked to: Myanmar

Dutch East Indies
Malaya
New Guinea
Pacific War
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Southwest Pacific

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