The Southern Expeditionary Army Group was a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was responsible for all military operations in South East Asian and South West Pacific ca
Japanese General Count Terauchi Hisaichi, right, commanding officer of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group.
Sixteenth Army (Japan)
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The Japanese 16th Army was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Southern Expeditionary Army Group
…forces, called Indochina Expeditionary Army invaded Vichy French Indochina and occupied its naval and air bases. On January 18, 1942, the commander of 16th Army Lt. General Hitoshi Imamura arrived at Takao, Taiwan from his base at Saigon. He received an order to hasten the invasion preparation toward Java. But…
Japanese troops enter Java