The was a
field army of the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
during
World War II
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.
History
The Japanese 2nd Area Army was formed on July 4, 1942 under the control of the
Kwantung Army
''Kantō-gun''
, image = Kwantung Army Headquarters.JPG
, image_size = 300px
, caption = Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking, Manchukuo
, dates = April ...
as a
reserve
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and
garrison force to maintain security and
public order
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in
Manchukuo. It was disbanded on June 13, 1945, and its various components were reassigned to other commands.
The 2nd Area Army was transferred to the Davao in the Philippines in late 1943, and tasked with defending western New Guinea and the eastern part of the occupied Netherlands East Indies.
List of Commanders
Commanding officer
Chief of Staff
References
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*{{cite book
, last = Marston
, first = Daniel
, year = 2005
, title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
, publisher = Osprey Publishing
, location =
, isbn = 1-84176-882-0
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Military units and formations established in 1942
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945