IJN 10th Area Fleet

The nihongo|IJN 10th Area Fleet|第十方面艦隊 (日本海軍)|Dai-jyu Homen Kantai was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy established during World War II.

History

The commander in chief of the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet based in Singapore was named commander in chief of the newly created Tenth Area Fleet on 1 February 1944. As the Southwestern Area Fleet command staff was isolated in the Philippines, a new command structure was necessary to direct the 1st and 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleets and surviving elements of the IJN 5th Fleet. It was supported by the IJN 13th Air Fleet. The 10th Area Fleet had responsibility for the defenses of Indonesia and Indochina. It lost most of its combat capability with at the Battle of the Malacca Strait and was disbanded at the end of the Pacific War. [D'Albas, Death of a Navy]

The Tenth Area Fleet was a theatre command; however, its name was taken sequentially from the numbered fleets rather than from the area in which it was located.

tructure of the IJN 10th Area Fleet

*Cruiser Division 5 ("Haguro", "Ashigara")
*1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet ("Myoko", "Takao", "Amatsukaze")
*2nd Southern Expeditinary Fleet (no ships)
*13th Air Fleet

Commanders of the IJN 10th 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 = Lacroix
first = Eric
authorlink =
coauthors = Linton Wells
year = 1997
chapter =
title = Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-87021-311-3
*cite book
last = Winton
first = John
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Sink the Haguro
publisher = Saunders of Toronto Ltd
location =
id = ISBN 0854221522

External links

*cite web
last = Nishida
first = Hiroshi
url = http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/ja03.htm#10F
title = Imperial Japanese Navy
accessdate = 2007-02-25
*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7835
title = Axis History Database
accessdate = 2007-08-25

Notes

[Category:Military units and formations established in 1944]