Sixteenth Army (Japan)

Sixteenth Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Sixteenth Army


caption=Japanese troops enter Java
dates= 1941-11-05 - 1945-08-15　
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Batavia
nickname= nihongo|Osamu|治
battles=Battle of Java (1942)command structure
name= Japanese 16th Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese Seventh Area Army
subordinate=

* 48th Infantry Division

* 27th Independent Combined Brigade

* 28th Independent Combined Brigade
The nihongo|Japanese 16th Army|第16軍 |Dai-jyūrokugun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

History

The Japanese 16th Army was formed on 5 November 1941 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group to coordinate the infantry divisions and other Japanese ground forces in the Invasion of Java in the Netherlands East Indies. It remained based on Java throughout the Pacific War as a garrison force.

On 27 March 1944, with the threat of possible landings of Allied forces to retake the Dutch East Indies increasing, the organizational structure of the Southern Expeditionary Army changed and the IJA 16th Army was reassigned to the Japanese Seventh Area Army. It remained headquartered in Jakarta as a garrison force as before.

The Japanese 16th Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.

List of Commanders

Commanding officer

Chief of Staff

References

Books

* cite book
last = Frank
first = Richard B
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
publisher = Random House
location = New York
id = ISBN 0-679-41424-X
* 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

External links

* cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6927
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Sixteenth Army
* [http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/java.html The conquest of Java Island, March 1942]


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