Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan)
- Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Thirty-Seventh Army
caption=
dates= 1942-04-11 - 1945-08-15
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Kuching, Sarawak
nickname= nihongo|Nada|灘|Bay
battles=Borneo campaigncommand structure
name= Japanese 37th Army
date=1945
parent=Southern Expeditionary Army Group
subordinate=
* 56th Independent Infantry Brigade
* 71th Independent Infantry BrigadeThe nihongo|Japanese 37th Army|第37軍 |Dai-sanjyūnana gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
History
The Japanese 37th Army was formed as Borneo Defense Army, a garrison force organized on 11 April 1942 under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group following the Japanese invasion and occupation of the British protectorates of Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo on the island of Borneo.
On 12 September 1944, with the threat of possible landings of Allied forces to retake the former colonial territories in Southeast Asia increasing, the organizational structure of the Southern Expeditionary Army changed, and the Borneo Defense Army was re-designated the Japanese Thirty-Seventh Army.
The Japanese 37th Army was undermanned and poorly equipped, with most equipment and experienced units shifted toward more critical areas of the Southwest Pacific front. Nonetheless, it put up a stiff resistance to landings by Australian toops in the Borneo campaign of 1945, notably at the Battle of North Borneo and Operation Oboe Six.
The Japanese 37th Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 at Kuching.
List of Commanders
Commanding officer
Chief of Staff
See also
*Batu Lintang camp
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=7713
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Borneo Defense Army
* cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7697
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Thirty-Seventh Army
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