The Eighth Area Army was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army. The army was formed on 9 November 1942, becoming effective on 26 November at Rabaul as part of the Southern Army.[1] The army was disbanded in September 1945.
Commanders[]
- General Hitoshi Imamura (9 Nov 1942 - Sep 1945)[1]
Chief of Staff[]
- Lt. General Rinpei Kato (9 Nov 1942 - Sep 1945)
Vice Chief of Staff[]
- Maj. General Ketsu Sato (9 Nov 1942 - 2 Aug 1943)
- Maj. General Yadoru Arisue (2 Aug 1943 - 29 Aug 1943)
- Maj. General Kohei Takeshi (11 Sep 1943 - 19 Jun 1944)
Organisation[]
- Seventeenth Army[2]
- Eighteenth Army
- 6th Division
- 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
- 12th Air Brigade
- Part of the 5th Division (20 November 1942)
- 6th Air Division (25 November 1942)
- 7th Air Division (29 January 1943)
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "8. Area Army (Japan)". Axis History Factbook. http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6743. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Chapter VIII, Defence of Papua, Reports of General MacArthur,JAPANESE OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA, VOLUME II - PART I". U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY. http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/MacArthur%20Reports/MacArthur%20V2%20P1/ch8.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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