The Eighth Area Army was an area 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 ...
. The army was formed on 9 November 1942, becoming effective on 26 November at
Rabaul
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as part of the
Southern Army.
The army was disbanded in September 1945.
Commanders
*General
Hitoshi Imamura
was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes.
Early career
A native of Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, Imamura's father was a judge. Imamura graduated from t ...
(9 Nov 1942 - Sep 1945)
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Chief of Staff
*Lt. General Rinpei Kato (9 Nov 1942 - Sep 1945)
Vice Chief of Staff
*Maj. General Ketsu Sato (9 Nov 1942 - 2 Aug 1943)
*Maj. General Yadoru Arisue (2 Aug 1943 - 29 Aug 1943)
*Maj. General Kohei Takeshi (11 Sep 1943 - 19 Jun 1944)
Organisation
* Seventeenth Army6th Air Division
The 6th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Thirteenth Air Force, based at Clark Air Base, Philippines. It was inactivated on 15 December 1969.
Heraldry
On a shield per chevron argent and ...
(25 November 1942)
*7th Air Division
The 7th Air Division (7 AD) served the United States Air Force with distinction from early 1944 through early 1992, earning an outstanding unit decoration and a service streamer along the way.
History
Hawaii
As the 7th Fighter Wing, the divis ...
(29 January 1943)
Notes
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Military units and formations established in 1942
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945