Japanese 19th Army (1945)
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The Japanese 19th Army (第19軍 , Dai-jyūkyū gun ? was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II .
History [ ] The Japanese 19th Army was created on December 19, 1942 and assigned as a garrison force for the eastern portion of Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies from January 7, 1943 under the administrative control of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group . It was headquartered on Ambon. On October 30, 1943, the IJA 19th Army came under the control of the Japanese Second Area Army , a subsidiary of the Kwantung Army as Imperial General Headquarters began planning for a projected invasion of northern Australia .
The projected invasion never occurred, and the IJA 19th Army remained on Ambon, largely cut-off from reinforcements and resupply as the Allies bypassed Ambon in their island-hopping campaign in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II . It was demobilized on February 28, 1945 largely without having seen combat.
List of commanders [ ] Commanding Officer [ ]
Name
From
To
1
Lieutenant General Nobumasa Tominaga
22 December 1942
15 October 1943
2
Lieutenant General Kenzo Kitano
15 October 1943
1 March 1945
Chief of Staff [ ]
Name
From
To
1
Lieutenant General Shinnosuke Sasa
22 December 1942
7 January 1944
2
Lieutenant General Takeshi Mori
17 January 1944
1 March 1945
References [ ] Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire . New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X . Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45) . Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-354-3 . Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 . Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW. Marston, Daniel (2005). The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima . Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-882-0 . External links [ ]