Masaharu Homma was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating to the actions of troops under his direct command and executed by firing squad on April 3, 1946.
Homma during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines
Homma as 14th Army Commander, coming ashore at Lingayen Gulf, 24 December 1941
Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright negotiates the surrender of American forces in Bataan with Homma, 6 May 1942
Masaharu Homma (left) and Shigenori Kuroda (center) in U.S. custody
The Fourteenth Area Army was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. It was originally the 14th Army, formed on November 6, 1941, for the upcoming invasion of the Philippines. It was reorganized in the Philippines on July 28, 1944, when Allied landings were considered imminent. The Fourteenth Area Army was formed by reinforcing and renaming the Fourteenth Army .
General Homma comes ashore at Lingayen Gulf