Japanese Eighth Area Army

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Eighth Area Army


caption= Disabled Japanese tank at Biak
dates= 1942-11-16 - 1945-08-15
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Field Army
garrison=Rabaul
nickname=剛(Gō = “strength”)
battles=Solomon Islands campaign
New Guinea campaigncommand structure
name= Japanese Eighth Area Army
date=1945
parent=Southern Expeditionary Army Group
subordinate=

* Japanese 17th Army
* Japanese 18th Army
* 38th Infantry Division
* IJA 39th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 40th Independent Mixed Brigade
* IJA 65th Independent Infantry Brigade
* IJA 9th Artillery HeadquartersThe nihongo| Japanese Eighth Area Army|第8方面軍|Dai hachi hōmen gun was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

History

The Japanese 8th Area Army was formed on 1942-11-16 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of opposing landings by Allied forces in Japanese-occupied Solomon Islands and New Guinea. [McGee, The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943 ] It had its headquarters at Rabaul, New Britain and saw considerable combat in the Solomon Islands campaign, Bougainville campaign and New Guinea campaign. [Nalty, War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay ]

List of Commanders

References

Books

*cite book
last = McGee
first = William L
coauthors =
year = 2002
title = The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2
publisher = BMC Publications
location =
id = ISBN 0970167873
*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
*cite book
last = Rottman
first = Gordon
coauthors =
year = 2005
title = Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42 (Battle Orders)
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841767891
*cite book
last = Rottman
first = Gordon
coauthors =
year = 2002
title = Japanese Army in World War II: "The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43" (Battle Orders)
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841768707

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6743
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Eighth Area Army

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