Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army)

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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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Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army group
military formation
theater command
activeDuring 1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
alsoKnownAs Nanpo Gun
Southern Expeditionary Army Group
areaOfOperations Burma
linked to: Myanmar

Dutch East Indies
French Indochina
Malaya
linked to: British Malaya

Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
conflict World War II
controlledUnit 14th Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
linked to: Japanese 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 Army Group
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
disbandedAfter surrender of Japan
disbandedIn 1945
formedIn 1941
headquartersLocation French Indochina
Saigon
languageOfName Japanese
notableCommander Hisaichi Terauchi
objective securing oil supplies for Japan
seizure of resource-rich territories in Southeast Asia
operation Battle of Singapore
Burma Campaign (1942–1945)
linked to: Burma campaign

Dutch East Indies campaign
Malayan Campaign
linked to: Battle of Malaya

Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)
partOf Imperial Japanese Army
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
theater Pacific War
Southeast Asian theatre of World War II

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Japanese Fourteenth Area Army subordinateTo Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
Japanese Eighth Area Army subordinateTo Southern Army (Imperial Japanese Army)