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continued to issue orders, at times in conflict with those received from Tokyo, and the 14th's commanding officer was plagued by insubordination from junior officers who used the situation to issue orders without his approval, or to countermand orders with which they did not agree. In August 1942,
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and Seventh Tank Regiments were part of the 14th Army, as well as the First, Eighth, and 16th Field Artillery Regiments and the 9th Independent Field Artillery Battalion. This army was responsible for the
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In March 1944 the 14th Army officially reverted to the control of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group. On July 28, 1944, the Japanese 14th Army officially became the
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after the surrender of US and Filipino forces in Bataan, and the 65th Independent Brigade was also accused of the Mariveles Massacre.
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prepared to invade the Philippines, the 14th Army restructured its independent infantry brigades and reserves to form the new
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Infantry Group, and the First Field Artillery Headquarters to command the field artillery units. The
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assumed the command of the 14th Area Army to defend the Philippines. In the various battles of the
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were considered imminent. The Fourteenth Area Army was formed by reinforcing and renaming the
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in June, 1942; however, the Southern Expeditionary Army Group in
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The Japanese 14th Army was formed on November 6, 1941, under the
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Troops of the 14th Area Army were responsible for the
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came under its control. On October 10, 1944, General
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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for the specific task of invading and occupying the
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Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army
Infantry
Field Army
Manila
Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)
Philippines campaign (1944–45)
Southern Expeditionary Army
16th Infantry Division
56th Infantry Division
48th Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
Southern Expeditionary Army
35th Army
16th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
100th Infantry Division

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