Eighth Area Army
The Eighth Area Army was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army. The army was formed on 9 November 1942, becoming effective on 26 November at Rabaul as part of the Southern Army. The army was disbanded in September 1945.Commanders
- General Hitoshi Imamura
- Lt. General Rinpei Kato
- Maj. General Ketsu Sato
- Maj. General Yadoru Arisue
- Maj. General Kohei Takeshi
Organisation
- Seventeenth Army
- Eighteenth Army
- 6th Division
- 1st Independent Mixed Brigade
- 12th Air Brigade
- Part of the 5th Division
- 6th Air Division
- 7th Air Division
