Organization of Japanese forces in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II.
Southern Army Command (Indochina HQ)
Hisaichi Terauchi, Commander of Southern Army Seiichi Aoki, Assistant Chief of Staff Southern Army Kitsuju Ayabe, Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army Masazumi Inada, Vice Chief of Staff Southern Army Jo Iimura, Chief of Staff Southern Army
Japanese Forces in Hong-Kong
Takeo Ito: Commanding Officer Infantry Group 38th Division, Hong Kong Rensuke Isogai: Governor-General of Hong Kong Major-General Ichiki: Head Secretariat to Governor-General of Hong Kong Juro Adachi: General Officer Commanding Hong Kong Defence Force Major-General Arisue: Chief of Staff 23rd Army, China-Hong Kong
Conformation of Indochina Army Garrison
Commanders-in-Chief Indochina Army Garrison Yuitsu Tsuchihashi:- Commanding General, Indo-China Garrison Army Hisaichi Terauchi:- Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army, Field Marshal; formally surrendered his command, Saigon, was moved to Malaya, died at his quarters, Johore Bahru, of cerebral hemorrhage
Chief of Staff Indochina Army Garrison Shinichi Tanaka:- Chief of Staff, Inspectorate General, LOC; inspection tour, French Indo-China, LtGen, inspection tours of French Indo-China, Thailand, Malaya, Philippines
Staff officers, Indochina Army Garrison Masutaro Nakai:- Staff Officer, French Indo-China Expeditionary Army
Commander of Transportation regiment Imperial Guards, Indochina detachment Nobuyoshi Obata:- Commanding Officer, Transportation Regiment, Imperial Guard Division, (Tokyo; French Indo-China; Malaya; Sumatra)
Commanders of Regular Armies, Indochina Army Garrison Yuitsu Tsuchihashi:- Commanding General, Thirty-eighth Army (Indo-China) Lieutenant-General Chijisima: Governor-General of Indo-China Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 25th Army, Indo-China
Unit in Indochina 11th Base Unit (Saigon) Fifteenth Army Detachment Imperial Guard Division in South French Indo-China 55th Division headquarters were in French Indo-China
Air Squadrons in Indochina area Japanese Navy units: Genzan Air Group Mihoro Air Group Japanese Army units: 64th Sentai 3rd Sentai:- about 430 planes, In South French Indo-China Kiyotake Kawaguchi, command the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment struck at British Borneo. Utata Fukunaga : Commanding Officer 16th Field Transport Command, Malaya Lieutenant-General Inoue: General Officer Commanding 94th Division, Malaya Teizo Ishiguro Led the Twenty-ninth Army (with 94th Division, etc.): Malay Peninsula
Structures of Japanese forces in Penang Region Masakichi Itami: Governor-General of Penang Region
Organization of Japanese forces in Philippines
Operative Commanders in Philippine Campaign Masaharu Homma:- Fourteenth Army Commander, (Philippines Campaign) Kenzo Kitano:- 4th Division Commander, from Shanghai to Philippines campaign Makino Shiro:- 16th Division Commander (Leyte) Sōsaku Suzuki:- Thirty-fifth Army Commander (Central and Southern Philippines), killed in action Yuitsu Tsuchihashi:- 48th Division Commander (Philippines operation) Tadasu Kataoka:- 1st Division Chief Tsuyuo Yamagata:- 26th Division Commander Shigenori Kuroda:- Fourteenth Army Commander Shinpei Fukuei:- led the 102nd Division Shizuo Yokoyama:- led the 8th Division (Shinbu Group) Rikichi Tsukada:- command the 10th Division and 1st Raiding Group (Kembu Group) Fourteenth Area Army (Shobu Group) Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor), also Fourteenth Area Army Commander, arrived Manila, directed Philippines Campaign, surrendered, Baguio
Commanding Generals of Army Units in the Philippines Yoshiharu Iwanaka: General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division, Philippines Torao Ikuta: Commandant Manila Garrison Masaharu Homma General Officer Commanding 14th Army, Philippines Takichi Hōjō: Commanding Officer 54th Independent Mixed Brigade, Philippines Lieutenant-General Igatu: General Officer Commanding Prisoner of War Camps Philippines Masatsugu Araki: Commanding Officer 79th Brigade, Philippines Isamu Chō: Southern Army Liaison Officer to 14th Army, Philippines Shinpei Fukei: General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines and General Officer Commanding 102nd Division, Philippines Jiro Harada: General Officer Commanding 10th Division and General Officer Commanding 100th Division, Philippines Yoshihide Hayashi: Director-General of Military Administration Philippines
Commanders of Army Air Force, during Philippines Campaign Kioji Tominaga:- Fourth Air Army Commander; arrived Manila—engaged in Philippines Campaign
Commanders of Japanese Army Airborne units, Philippines Campaign Rikishi Tsukada:- Commanding General, 1st Airborne Raiding Group, moved to Luzon-participated in battle for Clark Field
Units in Philippines 31st Special Base Unit (Manila) 32nd Special Base Unit (Davao) 33rd Special Base Unit (Cebu) 18th Division (Leyte Island) 102d Division (Visayas) 100th Division Davao (Mindanao) 30th Division Cagayan (Mindanao) 54th Independent Mixed Brigade Zamboanga (Mindanao) 55th Independent Mixed Brigade (Jolo Island) 4th Tank Regiment - Lieut. Colonel Kumagaya 7th Tank Regiment - Colonel Sonoda 7th Independent Tank Company - Captain Kono 1st Independent Tank Company - Captain Uchida 2nd Independent Tank Company - Captain Kurobe Itoh SNLF Tank Company - Major Itoh 2nd Tank Division - Lieut. General Iwanaka 8th Independent Tank Company - 1st Lt. Matsumoto 9th Independent Tank Company - 1st Lt. Nakajima Iwashita Independent Tank Company - Captain Iwashita Sumi Independent SP Gun Company - Captain Sumi 3rd Tank Brigade - Brigadier General Shigemi 6th Tank Regiment - Colonel Ida 10th Tank Regiment - Colonel Harada 4th Tank Brigade 11th Tank Regiment
Air Squadrons in Philippines Japanese Navy First Air Fleet Tainan Air Group Takao Air Group 204th Air Group 1st Air Group Japanese Army Fourth Air Army 11th Air Fleet 2nd Sentai 14th Sentai 30th Sentai Tachikawa Air Unit (technical evaluations on captured equipment) 4th Air Division 7th Air Division 2d Air Division
Organization of Japanese units in Singapore
Commander in Chief, Seventh Area Army Seishirō Itagaki, Commander in Chief, Seventh Area Army (Singapore)
Deputy Chief of Staff, Singapore Units Kitsuju Ayabe:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army (Singapore)
Officers attached to Seventh Area Army HQ Kitsuju Ayabe:- assigned to Seventh Area Army Headquarters (Singapore)
Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army Kitsuju Ayabe:- Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army, till end of War
Chiefs of Unit 9420, Singapore Rioichi Naito:- founder of Oka Unit (Unit 9420) Masataka Kitagawa:- Commander of Unit 9420
Commanders of regular Armies, Malay Peninsula Twenty-ninth Army Commander, Teizo Ishiguro 94th Division, Commander Teizo Ishiguro (HQ in Malay Peninsula) Satoshi Kinoshita (木下敏 中将): Commander of Third Air Army was assigned to Singapore, where it controlled the 5th, 7th, and 9th Air Divisions, etc. Major-General Arimina: Commandant Changi Jail, Singapore Kitsuju Ayabe: Chief of Staff 7th Area Army, Singapore Shinpei Fukei: Commandant Prisoner of War Camps, Singapore Kenji Doihara: Commander in Chief 7th Area Army, Singapore Masazumi Inada: Commanding Officer 3rd Shipping Transport Command, Singapore Kiyotake Kawaguchi, commanded the Kawaguchi Expeditionary Detachment striking at British Borneo. Utata Fukunaga: Commanding Officer 16th Field Transport Command, Malaya Lieutenant-General Inoue: General Officer Commanding 94th Division, Malaya Teizo Ishiguro: Led the Twenty-ninth Army (with 94th Division, etc.): Malay Peninsula
Structures of Japanese forces in Penang Region Masakichi Itami: Governor-General of Penang Region
Operative units in Malaya area 1st Tank Regiment - Colonel Mukaida 6th Tank Regiment - Colonel Kawamura 14th Tank Regiment - Colonel Kita
Chiefs of Regular Armies, Singapore Campaign Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor)
Japanese Units in Singapore, Andaman and Malaya 10th Special Base Unit (Singapore) 12th Special Base Unit (Andaman) 15th Base Unit (Penang) Seventh Area Army (Singapore) - Kenji Doihara Sixteenth Army Twenty-fifth Army Twenty-ninth Army
Japanese Army organization in Andaman/Nicobar Islands Yoshisuke Inoue: Commanding Officer 35th Independent Mixed Brigade, Andaman Islands Major-General Saburo Isoda: Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army Toshio Itsuki: Commanding Officer 36th Independent Mixed Brigade, Nicobar Islands Hideo Iwakuro: Japanese Liaison Officer to Indian National Army
Japanese Air Force Commanders in Singapore Satoshi Kinoshita (木下敏 中将):- Chief of Third Air Army (HQ in Singapore)
Air Units in Malaya, Singapore Japanese Navy Kanoya Air Group Genzan Air Group 22nd Koku Sentai Japanese Army Tachikawa Air Unit (technical evaluations on captured equipment) 5th Air Division 7th Air Division 9th Air Division
Organization of Burmese Army Detachment
Commanders-in-Chief, Burma Area Army Masakazu Kawabe:- Commanding General, Burma Area Army Heitarō Kimura:- Commanding General, Burma Area Army
Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army Shinichi Tanaka:- Chief of Staff, Burma Area Army
Commanders in regular Armies, Burma Area Shinichi Tanaka:- 18th Division Commander (Burma) Masakazu Kawabe led the (Burma Area Army) Shozo Sakurai Commanded the Twenty-eighth Army Kōtoku Satō command the 31st Division Yuzo Matsuyama 56th Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Masabumi Yamauchi led the 15th Division Renya Mutaguchi, who had command of the Fifteenth Army Hideo Iwakuro: Chief of Staff 55th Division, Burma and Chief of Staff 28th Army, Burma Takeakira Isomura: Deputy Chief of Staff Burma Area Army, Burma Haruki Isayama, : Chief of Staff 15th Army, Burma Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Thailand-Burma Masaki Honda: General Officer Commanding 33rd Army, Burma Jiro Ichida : Vice Chief of Staff Burma Area Army Tuyoji Hirano,: Commanding Officer Kempeitai 25th Army, Sumatra Toshiji Aida : Commanding Officer Infantry Group 18th Division, Burma Iwaichi Fujiwara: Chief of Intelligence 15th Army, Burma Tadashi Hanaya: General Officer Commanding 55th Division, Burma Yoshihide Hayashi: Commanding Officer 24th Independent Mixed Brigade, Burma and General Officer Commanding 53rd Division, Burma
Operative units in Burma 1st Company/2nd Tank Regiment - First Lieut. Okada 14th Tank Regiment - Lieut.Colonel Ueda
Air Units in Burma Japanese Army units: 81st Sentai Japanese Navy units Kanoya Air Group Yamada Air Group Toko Air Group Seaplane tender Sagara Maru 22nd Koku Sentai
Japanese Units in Thailand
Eighteenth Area Army Commander Aketo Nakamura:- Eighteenth Area Army Commander Shihachi Katamura:- Fifteenth Army Commander Aketo Nakamura: Led The Eighteenth Area Army, was stationed in Thailand Masachika Hirata: General Officer Commanding 22nd Division, Thailand Tadashi Hanaya: Chief of Staff 18th Area Army, Thailand Shōjirō Iida: General Officer Commanding 15th Army, Thailand Katsumi Adachi: General Officer Commanding 4th Special Railway Corps, Thailand Hitoshi Hamada: Chief of Staff 39th Army, Thailand: Deputy Chief of Staff 18th Area Army, Thailand and Second Superintendent of Railways, Thailand
Conformation of Japanese forces in the Dutch East Indies
Commanders in Japanese forces detachment, Dutch East Indies Kenzo Kitano:- Nineteenth Army Commander (Headquarters: Amboina) Yuichiro Nagano:- Commander Sixteenth Army and 48th Division (Headquarters: Java) Moritake Tanabe:- Twenty-fifth Army and the Imperial Guard Division unit (Headquarters: Sumatra) Fusataro Teshima:- Second Army Commander with leading of 5th, 32nd, 35th, and 36th Divisions comprised the heart of this army.
Commanders in Regular Armies, Dutch East Indies Campaign Kiyotake Kawaguchi:- Brigade Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade (MajGen), after outbreak of Pacific war, participated in Borneo invasion.