Leiden University Press, 2015 Cloth: 978-90-8728-237-0 | eISBN: 978-94-006-0230-4 Library of Congress Classification D767.7.I58 2015 Dewey Decimal Classification 959.80224
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan published a 102-volume military history of Imperial Japan’s involvement in the Pacific War. This book, the first full and unabridged translation of a volume from the series, describes in great detail the operation to capture the Dutch East Indies, which at the time was the largest transoceanic landing operation ever attempted.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Willem Remmelink served for more than twenty-five years as the executive director of the Japan-Netherlands Institute in Tokyo.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Note
About the Senshi Sōsho (War History Series)
Foreword
Preface, Explanatory Notes
Chapter I Outline of the Operation
Chapter II Situation of the Dutch East Indies
Chapter III Operational Preparations Prior to the War
1. Situational Until Summer 1941
2. Preparations in the Summer and Fall of 1941
3. Completion of Plans and Issue of Orders by Imperial General Headquarters
4. The Southern Army’s Plan and Orders
5. Operational Preparations of the Sixteenth Army
Chapter IV Opening of Hostilities and Capture of the Forward Advances Bases Davao and Jolo
1. Capture of Davao
2. Capture of Jolo Island
Chapter V Decision to Advance [the Schedule of] the Java Operation and the Sixteenth Army
1. Decision to Advance [the Date of the Operation]
2. The Cam Ranh Agreement and Shipping Issues
3. The Orders from [the Army Department of] Imperial General Headquarters
4. The Southern Army’s Operational Direction
5. The [Navy] Southern Task Force’s Shift to Phase-Two Operations
6. Departure of the Headquarters to the Sixteenth Army and Revision of Its Operation Plan
Chapter VI The Launch of the Dutch East Indies Operation
1. The Policy of the [Japanese] Government Towards the Netherlands
2. The Launch of the Dutch East Indies Operation
3. The Capture of Tarakan
4. The Capture of Menado
Chapter VII The Capture of Java’s Dehors
1. [Commander Imamura’s] Orders to the 38th Division
2. The Manila Conference and the Arrangements Between the Sixteenth Army and the [Navy] Dutch East Indies Unit
3. [Army Commander Imamura’s] Orders to the 48th Division, the Sakaguchi Detachment and the Main Force of the Army
4. The Southern Sumatra Invasion Operation
5. The Capture of Balikpapan and Kendari
6. The Capture of Ambon
7. The Capture of Banjarmasin, Makassar, Bali and Timor
Chapter VIII The Invasion of Java
1. Progress if the Preparations for the Invasion of Java
2. The Sailing [of the Convoys]
3. Operations of the Main Force of the [Sixteenth] Army
4. The Operations of the Sakaguchi Detachment
5. The Operations of the 48th Division
6. Conclusion of the Java Invasion Operation and the Operations of the Allied Forces
Conclusion
Notes
Appendix: List of Units in the Order of Battel of the Sixteenth Army
Glossary
Index of Personal Names
Index of Place Names
Leiden University Press, 2015 Cloth: 978-90-8728-237-0 eISBN: 978-94-006-0230-4
Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan published a 102-volume military history of Imperial Japan’s involvement in the Pacific War. This book, the first full and unabridged translation of a volume from the series, describes in great detail the operation to capture the Dutch East Indies, which at the time was the largest transoceanic landing operation ever attempted.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Willem Remmelink served for more than twenty-five years as the executive director of the Japan-Netherlands Institute in Tokyo.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Note
About the Senshi Sōsho (War History Series)
Foreword
Preface, Explanatory Notes
Chapter I Outline of the Operation
Chapter II Situation of the Dutch East Indies
Chapter III Operational Preparations Prior to the War
1. Situational Until Summer 1941
2. Preparations in the Summer and Fall of 1941
3. Completion of Plans and Issue of Orders by Imperial General Headquarters
4. The Southern Army’s Plan and Orders
5. Operational Preparations of the Sixteenth Army
Chapter IV Opening of Hostilities and Capture of the Forward Advances Bases Davao and Jolo
1. Capture of Davao
2. Capture of Jolo Island
Chapter V Decision to Advance [the Schedule of] the Java Operation and the Sixteenth Army
1. Decision to Advance [the Date of the Operation]
2. The Cam Ranh Agreement and Shipping Issues
3. The Orders from [the Army Department of] Imperial General Headquarters
4. The Southern Army’s Operational Direction
5. The [Navy] Southern Task Force’s Shift to Phase-Two Operations
6. Departure of the Headquarters to the Sixteenth Army and Revision of Its Operation Plan
Chapter VI The Launch of the Dutch East Indies Operation
1. The Policy of the [Japanese] Government Towards the Netherlands
2. The Launch of the Dutch East Indies Operation
3. The Capture of Tarakan
4. The Capture of Menado
Chapter VII The Capture of Java’s Dehors
1. [Commander Imamura’s] Orders to the 38th Division
2. The Manila Conference and the Arrangements Between the Sixteenth Army and the [Navy] Dutch East Indies Unit
3. [Army Commander Imamura’s] Orders to the 48th Division, the Sakaguchi Detachment and the Main Force of the Army
4. The Southern Sumatra Invasion Operation
5. The Capture of Balikpapan and Kendari
6. The Capture of Ambon
7. The Capture of Banjarmasin, Makassar, Bali and Timor
Chapter VIII The Invasion of Java
1. Progress if the Preparations for the Invasion of Java
2. The Sailing [of the Convoys]
3. Operations of the Main Force of the [Sixteenth] Army
4. The Operations of the Sakaguchi Detachment
5. The Operations of the 48th Division
6. Conclusion of the Java Invasion Operation and the Operations of the Allied Forces
Conclusion
Notes
Appendix: List of Units in the Order of Battel of the Sixteenth Army
Glossary
Index of Personal Names
Index of Place Names