IJN 10th Area Fleet

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The IJN 10th Area Fleet (第十方面艦隊 (日本海軍) Dai-jyu Homen Kantai?) was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy established during World War II.

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[edit] History

The commander in chief of the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet based in Singapore was named commander in chief of the newly created Tenth Area Fleet on 1 February 1944. As the Southwestern Area Fleet command staff was isolated in the Philippines, a new command structure was necessary to direct the 1st and 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleets and surviving elements of the IJN 5th Fleet. It was supported by the IJN 13th Air Fleet. The 10th Area Fleet had responsibility for the defenses of Indonesia and Indochina. It lost most of its combat capability with at the Battle of the Malacca Strait and was disbanded at the end of the Pacific War. [1]

The Tenth Area Fleet was a theatre command; however, its name was taken sequentially from the numbered fleets rather than from the area in which it was located.

[edit] Structure of the IJN 10th Area Fleet

[edit] Commanders of the IJN 10th Area Fleet

Commander in chief [2]

Rank Name Date
1 Vice-Admiral Shigeru Fukudome 5 Feb 1945 - Sep 1945

Chief of staff

Rank Name Date
1 Rear-Admiral Bunji Asakura 5 Feb 1945 - Sep 1945

[edit] References

[edit] Books

  • D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X. 
  • Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-097-1. 
  • Lacroix, Eric; Linton Wells (1997). Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3. 
  • Winton, John (1981). Sink the Haguro. Saunders of Toronto Ltd. ISBN 0854221522. 

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ D'Albas, Death of a Navy
  2. ^ Wendel, Axis History Database
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