Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te ope taua o te Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I te timatanga ko te 14th Army, i hangaia i te Whiringa-a-rangi 6, 1941 mo te whakaekenga o te Philippines. I whakahoutia i roto i te Philippines i runga i Hōngongoi 28, 1944, ka
I whakaarohia he tata tonu te taunga mai o nga hoa. I hangaia te ope taua tekau mā whā mā te whakapakari me te whakaingoa anō i te (Ko te IJA "a-rohe" he rite ki te ope taua i roto i etahi atu ope taua, i te mea ko te IJA "a-rohe" he iti ake, he roopu taumata-a-ropu.)