Central Pacific Area Fleet
- Central Pacific Area Fleet
The nihongo|Central Pacific Area Fleet|中部太平洋方面艦隊|Chubu Taiheiyo Homen Kantai was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy established during World War II.
History
The Central Pacific Area Fleet was a short-lived operational headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Navy, established on 4 March 1944. With United States Navy forces having driven the Japanese out of the Marshall Islands and Caroline Islands in late 1943 to early 1944, the remnants of Japanese naval forces from those areas regrouped under the direction of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. The new Central Pacific Area Fleet was a combined operational command containing air (No.14 Air Fleet) and ground (IJA 31st Army) elements, and was tasked with the defense of the Mariana Islands and Palau, from its command center in Saipan.
With the fall of Saipan to American forces on 8 July 1944 and subsequent death of Admiral Nagumo and his staff, the Central Area Fleet ceased to exist. [D'Albas, Death of a Navy ]
tructure
*No.4 Squadron
*No.14 Air Fleet
*IJA 31st Army
*No.5 Special Base Unit
Commanders of the IJN Central Pacific Area Fleet
Commander in chief [Wendel, Axis History Database ]
Chief of staff
References
Books
*cite book
last = D'Albas
first = Andrieu
authorlink =
year = 1965
title = Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II
publisher = Devin-Adair Pub
location =
id = ISBN 0-8159-5302-X
*cite book
last = Dull
first = Paul S.
authorlink =
year = 1978
title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-87021-097-1
*cite book
last = Goldberg
first = Harold J.
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2007
chapter =
title = D-day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan
publisher = Indiana University Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-253-34869-2
*cite book
last = Rottman
first = Gordon
authorlink =
coauthors = Howard Gerrard
year = 2004
chapter =
title = Saipan & Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1-84176-804-9
External links
*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7834
title = Axis History Database
accessdate = 2007-08-25
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