Japanese Tenth Area Army

Japanese 10th Area Army
Active	September 29, 1944 - August 15, 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Field Army
Garrison/HQ	Taipei
Nickname(s)	湾 (Wan = “bay”)

The Japanese Tenth Area Army (第10方面軍, Dai-jū hōmen-gun^?) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

The 10th Area Army was originally formed out of the Taiwan Army of Japan on September 29, 1944 under the Imperial General Headquarters as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in Taiwan during Operation Downfall (or Operation Ketsugō (決号作戦, Ketsugō sakusen^?) in Japanese terminology). It was headquartered in Taipei. and consisted of the 32nd army, 40th army, and other smaller units.

As priorities after Battle of Okinawa shifted, the 40th army headquarters were re-assigned to control the units being raised in Kagoshima Prefecture, and the former units of 40th army were subordinated directly to the 10th Area Army from 14 May 1945.

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