Sixteenth Army (Japan)

The 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

Netherlands East Indies. It remained based on Java throughout the Pacific War as a garrison

On March 27, 1944, with the threat of possible landings of

	Name	From	To
1	General Hitoshi Imamura	6 November 1941	9 November 1942
2	Lieutenant General Kumakichi Harada	9 November 1942	26 April 1945^[1]
3	Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano	26 April 1945^[1]	September 1945

	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

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Japanese 16th Army (1941-1942)
Parent unit	Southern Expeditionary Army Group
Components	2nd Infantry Division 38th Infantry Division (14 Dec.) 48th Infantry Division (1 Mar.) 35th Independent Mixed Brigade 56th independent mixed regiment (Sakaguchi detachment)

Japanese 16th Army (1945)
Parent unit	Japanese Seventh Area Army
Components	38th Infantry Division 48th Infantry Division 27th Independent Mixed Brigade 28th Independent Mixed Brigade 56th independent mixed regiment (Sakaguchi detachment)