:Sixteenth Army (Japan)
{{Short description|Army unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= Japanese Sixteenth Army
|image= Japanese troops move through Java.jpg
|image_size= 250px
|caption=Japanese troops enter Java
|dates= November 5, 1941 – August 15, 1945
|country= Empire of Japan
|allegiance=
|branch= Imperial Japanese Army
|type= Infantry
|role= Corps
|garrison=Batavia
|nickname= {{nihongo|Osamu|治 }}
|battles=Battle of Java (1942)
}}
{{command structure
|name= Japanese 16th Army
|date=1941–1942
|parent=Southern Expeditionary Army Group
|subordinate=
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 38th Infantry Division (14 Dec.)
- 48th Infantry Division (1 Mar.)
- 35th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 56th independent mixed regiment (Sakaguchi detachment)
}}
{{command structure
|name= Japanese 16th Army
|date=1945
|parent=Japanese Seventh Area Army
|subordinate=
- 38th Infantry Division
- 48th Infantry Division
- 27th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 28th Independent Mixed Brigade
- 56th independent mixed regiment (Sakaguchi detachment)
}}The {{nihongo|Japanese 16th Army|第16軍 |Dai-jyūroku gun}} was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
History
The Japanese 16th Army was formed on November 5, 1941, under the Southern Expeditionary Army Group to coordinate the infantry divisions and other Japanese ground forces in the Invasion of Java in the Netherlands East Indies. It remained based on Java throughout the Pacific War as a garrison force.
On March 27, 1944, with the threat of possible landings of Allied forces to retake the Dutch East Indies increasing, the organizational structure of the Southern Expeditionary Army changed and the IJA 16th Army was reassigned to the Japanese Seventh Area Army. It remained headquartered in Jakarta as a garrison force as before. The Japanese 16th Army was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945.
List of commanders
=Commanding officer=
| class=wikitable
! | Name | From | To |
| 1 | General Hitoshi Imamura | 6 November 1941 | 9 November 1942 |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Kumakichi Harada | 9 November 1942 | 26 April 1945{{sfn|Daradjadi|Kurniawan|2020|p=25}} |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano | 26 April 1945{{sfn|Daradjadi|Kurniawan|2020|p=25}} | September 1945 |
=Chief of Staff=
| class=wikitable
! | Name | From | To |
| 1 | Lieutenant General Seizaburo Okazaki | 6 November 1941 | 10 June 1943 |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Shinshichiro Kokubu | 10 June 1943 | 14 November 1944 |
| 3 | Major General Shigeichi Yamamoto | 14 November 1944 | September 1945 |
References
{{reflist}}
=Books=
- {{cite book | last1 = Daradjadi |first1=Gondodiprojo |last2=Kurniawan |first2=Osa Ilham | title = Pejambon 1945: Konsensus Agung para Pelatak Fondasi Bangsa |language = id| trans-title = Pejambon 1845: The Great Consensus of the Nation's Founders| publisher = Kompas Gramedia | location = Jakarta |year = 2020 | isbn = 978-623-00-2017-9}}
Further reading
- {{cite book
| last = Frank
| first = Richard B
| year = 1999
| title = Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
| publisher = Random House
| location = New York
| isbn = 0-679-41424-X
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Madej
| first = Victor
| year = 1981
| title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945
| publisher = Game Publishing Company
| location =
| id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Post
| first = Peter
|author2=William H. Frederick |author3=Iris Heidebrink |author4=Shigeru Sato |author5=William Bradley Horton |author6=Didi Kwartanada
| year = 2010
| title = The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War
| publisher = Brill
| location = Leiden
| isbn = 978-90-04-16866-4
}}
External links
- {{cite web
| last = Wendel
| first = Marcus
| url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6927
| title = Axis History Factbook
| work = Japanese Sixteenth Army
}}
- {{cite web
| last = Klemen
| first = L
| title = The conquest of Java Island, March 1942
| url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/java.html
| work = The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942
}}
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945