# Second Area Army

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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= Second Area Army
|image=
|caption=
|dates= July 4, 1942 - June 13, 1945
|country= [Empire of Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan)
|allegiance=
|branch= [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army)
|type= [Infantry](/source/Infantry)
|role= [Field Army](/source/Field_Army)
|garrison=
|nickname= {{nihongo| Ki|輝|Gleaming}}
|battles=
}}
{{command structure
|name= Japanese Second Area Army
|date=1945
|parent=[Kwantung Army](/source/Kwantung_Army)
|subordinate=<br> 
* [Japanese 2nd Army](/source/Japanese_Second_Army)
** [35th Infantry Division](/source/IJA_35th_Division)
** [36th Infantry Division](/source/IJA_36th_Division)
* [32nd Infantry Division](/source/IJA_32nd_Division)
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Second Area Army'''|第2方面軍|Dai ni hōmen gun}} was a [field army](/source/field_army) of the [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

==History==
The Japanese 2nd Area Army was formed on July 4, 1942 under the control of the [Kwantung Army](/source/Kwantung_Army) as a [reserve](/source/military_reserve) and [garrison](/source/garrison) force to maintain security and [public order](/source/Public-order_crime) in [Manchukuo](/source/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===
{| class=wikitable
!  || Name || From || To
|-
|1|| General [Korechika Anami](/source/Korechika_Anami) ||1 July 1942 || 26 December 1944
|-
|2|| Lieutenant General [Jo Iimura](/source/Jo_Iimura)||26 December 1944 || 29 May 1945
|-
|}

===Chief of Staff===
{| class=wikitable
!  || Name || From || To
|-
|1|| Major General [Kane Yoshihara](/source/Kane_Yoshihara) ||4 July 1942 || 9 November 1942
|-
|2|| Major General [Yo Watanabe](/source/Yo_Watanabe)||9 November 1942 || 29 October 1943
|-
|3|| Lieutenant General [Takazo Numata](/source/Takazo_Numata)||29 October 1943 || 26 December 1944
|-
|4|| Major General [Ryozo Sakuma](/source/Ryozo_Sakuma)||26 December 1944 || 29 May 1945
|-
|}

==References==
*{{cite book
 | last = Jowett
 | first =  Bernard
 | year = 1999
 | title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45)
 | publisher = Osprey Publishing 
 | location = 
 | isbn =  1-84176-354-3
}}
*{{cite book
 | last = Madej
 | first =  Victor
 | year = 1981
 | title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945  
 | publisher = Game Publishing Company
 | location = 
 | id =  ASIN: B000L4CYWW
}}
*{{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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