Southwest Area Fleet

Southwest Area Fleet

The nihongo|Southwest Area Fleet|南西方面艦隊|Nansei Homen Kantai was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy established during World War II.

History

The Southwest Area Fleet was an operational command of the Imperial Japanese Navy established on 10 April 1942 to coordinate naval, air, and ground forces for the invasion, occupation and defense of the Philippines, French Indochina, Malaya, and the Netherlands East Indies.

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Southern Expeditionary Fleets and the IJN 13th Air Fleet were under operational control of the Southwest Area Fleet.

After February 1945, the headquarters of the Southwest Area Fleet was isolated in the Philippines, and the IJN 10th Area Fleet was created in Singapore to take over operational command of its surviving forces, with the exception of the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet, which was also trapped in the Philippines. [D'Albas, Death of a Navy ] Through fierce fighting during the American re-occupation of the Philippines, especially in Manila, Cebu and Mindanao, the surviving elements of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet were largely annihilated by the end of May 1945.

Organization

*Southwest Area Fleet (HQ Manila)
**First Expeditionary Fleet (Singapore)
**Second Expeditionary Fleet (Surabaya)
**Third Expeditionary Fleet (Manila)
**Fourth Expeditionary Fleet (Ambon)
**IJN 13th Air Fleet

Commanders of the IJN Southwest 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

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7833
title = Axis History Database
accessdate = 2007-08-25

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