Organization of Japanese units in Singapore

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The Organization of Japanese units in Singapore

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[edit] Deputy Chief of Staff, Singapore Units

  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army, (Singapore)

[edit] Officers attached to Seventh Area Army HQ

  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- assigned to Seventh Area Army Headquarters (Singapore)

[edit] Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army

  • Kitsuju Ayabe:- Chief of Staff, Seventh Area Army, till end of War

[edit] Chiefs of Unit 9420,Singapore

  • Rioichi Naito:- founder of Oka Unit (Unit 9420)
  • Masataka Kitagawa:- Commander of Unit 9420

[edit] Chiefs of Regular Armies, Singapore Campaign

  • Tomoyuki Yamashita:- Twenty-fifth Army Commander, (took Singapore, conquered Bataan and Corregidor)