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{{Infobox
|unit_name= Japanese Forty-First Army
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|dates= April 7, 1944
|country= [[Empire of Japan]]
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|date=1945
|parent=[[Japanese Fourteenth Area Army]]
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* [[39th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)|39th Independent Mixed Brigade]]
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* IJA 65th Independent Infantry Brigade
* IJA 9th Artillery Headquarters
The {{nihongo|'''Japanese 41st Army'''|第41軍 |Dai-yonjyūichi gun}} was an [[corps|army]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] during the final days of [[World War II]].
==History==
[[File:Disposition of Japanese Forces on Luzon, 11th January 1945.jpg|thumb|Disposition of Japanese Forces in the northern Philippines, 11 January 1945]]
As part of the final defenses of the [[Philippines]] against invasion and re-occupation by [[Allies of World War II|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 [[Sixth United States Army|U.S. Sixth]] and [[Eighth United States Army|Eighth Armies]].
==List of Commanders==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
*{{cite book
| last = Frank
| first = Richard B
| year = 1999
| title = Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
| publisher = Random House
| location = New York
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}}
*{{cite book
| last = Jowett
| first = Bernard
| year = 1999
| title = The Japanese Army
| publisher = Osprey Publishing
| location =
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}}
*{{cite book
| last = Madej
| first = Victor
| year = 1981
| title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle,
| publisher = Game Publishing Company
| location =
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| last = Marston
| first = Daniel
| year = 2005
| title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
| publisher = Osprey Publishing
| location =
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}}
*{{cite web
| last = Wendel
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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1944]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Battle of Manila (1945)]]
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