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Seventeenth Army (Japan)

Field	Value
unit_name	Japanese Seventeenth Army
image	KandaSurrender.jpg
image_size	220px
caption	Seventeenth Army commander General Kanda surrenders Japanese forces on Bougainville at the conclusion of World War II
dates	May 18, 1942 – August 15, 1945
country	Empire of Japan
branch	Imperial Japanese Army
type	Infantry
size	Corps
garrison	Rabaul
nickname	Oki
battles	Solomon Islands campaign

6th Infantry Division
38th Independent Mixed Brigade The Japanese 17th Army was an army corps of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.

History

The army was formed on May 18, 1942 under the Japanese Eighth Area Army of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of opposing landings by Allied forces in Japanese-occupied Solomon Islands. It was initially headquartered on Rabaul and participated in the Guadalcanal and New Guinea campaigns of the South West Pacific theatre of World War II.

After General Hitoshi Imamura took over command of the Japanese Eighth Area Army the 17th Army was responsible primarily for the defense of Bougainville. It was trapped and cut off from reinforcements and re-supply during the Bougainville campaign (1943–45), and was forced to live off the land, hiding in jungle caves for most of the rest of the war.

List of commanders

Commanding officer

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Chief of Staff

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Notes

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References

Smith, ''Bloody Ridge'', p. 25.
Hayashi, ''Kogun'', pp. 224–225.
Gailey, ''Bougainville''.

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