page_title: Forty-First Army (Japan)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Forty-First Army (Japan) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Disposition of the three main japanese Army Groups Shōbu, Shimbu and Kembu, created out of the japanese 14th Area Army, on Luzon, 11th January 1945, at the beginning of the Battle of Luzon Deutsch: Verteilung der drei japanischen Heeresgruppen Shōbu, Shimbu und Kembu, gebildet aus der japanischen 14. Regionalarmee, auf Luzon, 11. Januar 1945, bei Beginn der Schlacht um Luzon
context_page_description: The Japanese 41st Army was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.
context_section_description: As part of the final defenses of the Philippines against invasion and re-occupation by Allied forces in the closing stages of World War II, Imperial General Headquarters issued orders for the strategic island of Luzon to be divided into three defense sectors for defense in depth under the overall command of the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army.
  From December 17, 1944, Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama and his “Shimbu Group”, an independent detachment, were made wholly responsible for the defense of southern Luzon, from Manila southwards. The Shimbu Group was officially re-designated the Japanese 41st Army on March 6, 1945. Yokoyama commanded Japanese forces defending Manila against the U.S. Sixth and Eighth Armies. Following the Battle of Manila, Yokohama withdraw his surviving forces into the mountains of southern Luzon for a protracted guerrilla campaign, continuing to harass Allied forces until the surrender of Japan, by which time his army had been reduced to just 6500 men.
caption: Disposition of Japanese Forces in the northern Philippines, 11th January 1945
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