Southern Army

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The Southern Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for conducting military operations across Southeast Asia and the Pacific during World War II.

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Southern Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army formation ⓘ
army group ⓘ
activeDuring 1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of Japan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nanpo Gun ⓘ
Southern Expeditionary Army Group ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Burma Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

Japanese invasion of Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya

Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942) ⓘ
formedOn 1941-11-06 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Indochina ⓘ
Saigon ⓘ
notableCommander Count Hisaichi Terauchi ⓘ
linked to: Hisaichi Terauchi

Hisaichi Terauchi ⓘ
objective cutting Allied supply lines to China ⓘ
securing oil supplies in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
seizure of resource-rich territories in Southeast Asia ⓘ
opponent Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
China ⓘ
Free French forces in Indochina ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
rankOfCommander Field Marshal ⓘ
responsibleFor Japanese military operations in Southeast Asia ⓘ
Japanese military operations in the Pacific ⓘ
subordinateUnit 14th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
linked to: 14th Army

15th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
16th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
linked to: 16th Army

25th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
linked to: Japanese 25th Army

Southern Expeditionary Fleet ground forces ⓘ
surrenderedTo Allied forces in Southeast Asia in 1945 ⓘ
theater Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Malaya ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Southwest Pacific ⓘ

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