Forty-First Army (Japan)

Forty-First Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Forty-First Army


caption=
dates= 1944-04-07 - 1945-08-15　
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Manila
nickname=
battles=command structure
name= Japanese 41st Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
subordinate=

* 8th Infantry Division

The nihongo|Japanese 41st Army|第41軍 |Dai-yonjyūichi gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.

History

As part of the final defenses of the Philippines against invasion and re-occupation by Allied forces in the closing stages of World War II, Imperial General Headquarters issued orders for the strategic island of Luzon to be divided into three defense sectors for defense in depth under the overall command of the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army.

From 17 December 1944, Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama and his “Shimbu Group”, an independent detachment, were made wholly responsible for the defense of southern Luzon, from Manila southwards. The Shimbu Group became the Japanese 41st Army on 6 March 1945. Yokoyama commanded Japanese forces defending Manila against the U.S. Sixth and Eighth Armies together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops until his surrender, by which time his army had been reduced to just 6500 men. [Budge, The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia]

List of Commanders

References

*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 = Jowett
first = Bernard
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45)
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841763543
*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
*cite book
last = Marston
first = Daniel
coauthors =
year = 2005
title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841768820

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7692
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese 41st Army


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