10th Area Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

10th Area Fleet 1 February 1945 – Sep 1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Pacific Theatre of World War II Shigeru Fukudome right|thumb|200px|Admiral Shigeru Fukudome, CIC of the IJN 10th Area Fleet The 10th Area Fleet 第十方面艦隊 Dai-jyū Hōmen Kantai was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) established during World War II as a result of IJN commands being isolated in the Philippines. 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 Southwest Area Fleet command staff was isolated in the Philippines, a new command structure was necessary to direct the 1st and 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet, and the surviving elements of the 5th Fleet. It was supported by the 13th Air Fleet. The 10th Area Fleet had responsibility for the defenses of Indonesia and Indochina. It lost most of its combat capability at the Battle of the Malacca Strait and when Ashigara was sunk by HMS Trenchant and was disbanded at the end of the Pacific War.D'Albas, Death of a Navy The 10th Area Fleet was a theatre command and its name was taken sequentially from the numbered fleets rather than from the area in which it was located. Structure of the 10th Area Fleet Date Higher unit Lower units 5 February 1945 (original) Combined Fleet IJN 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 13th Air Fleet,5th Cruiser Division, Auxiliary survey ship Hakusa, Auxiliary gunboat Nankai 1 June 1945 IJN 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 13th Air Fleet,5th Cruiser Division, Auxiliary gunboat Nankai, No.27 Special Base Force, No.25 Base Force, No.28 Base Force 12 September 1945 Surrendered to United Kingdom in Singapore. Commanders of the 10th Area Fleet Commander in chief Wendel, Axis History Database Rank Name Date Additional post1 Vice-Admiral Shigeru Fukudome 5 Feb 1945 - Sep 1945 Commander of the IJN 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet and the 13th Air Fleet Chief of staff Rank Name Date Additional post1 Rear-Admiral Bunji Asakura 5 Feb 1945 - Sep 1945 Chief of staff of the IJN 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet and the 13th Air Fleet References Notes Books D'Albas Andrieu 1965 Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II Devin-Adair Pub 0-8159-5302-X Dull Paul S. 1978 A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 Naval Institute Press 0-87021-097-1 registration https://archive.org/details/battlehistoryofi0000dull Lacroix Eric Linton Wells 1997 Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War Naval Institute Press 0-87021-311-3 Winton John 1981 Sink the Haguro Saunders of Toronto Ltd 0-85422-152-2 External links Nishida Hiroshi http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/ja03.htm#10F Imperial Japanese Navy 2007-02-25 https://archive.today/20130130002404/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/ja03.htm%233F#10F 2013-01-30 dead Wendel Marcus http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7835 Axis History Database 2007-08-25 10 Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945