Organization of the Imperial Japanese Army, Hokkai (North) region
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Organization of the Hokkai (North) Army of the Imperial Japanese Army.
[edit] Commander of the North Army
- Kiichiro Higuchi:- Commanding General, Northern District Army, Commanding General, Northern Army, Commanding General, Fifth Area Army, concurrently Commanding General, Northern District Army Command, with Headquarters in Sapporo, Hokkaido
[edit] Commander Twenty-seventh Army
- Shozo Terakura:- Commander of Twenty-seventh Army (Kurils Unit) under leadership of the Northern District Army.
- The Twenty-seventh Army was comprised of:
- 42nd Division
- 91st Division
[edit] Commanders of Regular Armies in North Army
- Juichiro Mineki:- Commander of 88th Division, Toyohara, Karafuto
- Toyojiro Inamura: Commanding Officer Karafuto Mixed Brigade
- Iwao Sugino:- Chief, 73th Infantry Brigade, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
- Fusai Tsutsumi:- Commander, 91th Division HQ, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
- Seiji Sato:- Chief, 74th Infantry Brigade, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
- Sueo Ikeda:- Commander, 11th Tank Regiment and 4th Tank Company, Shumushu, Kuril Islands
- Colonel Ueda:- Chief, 41th Mixed Brigade, Matsuwa, Kuril Islands
- Major Col.Niho:- Commander, 129th Independent Mixed Brigade, Uruppu, Kuril Islands
- Lieutenant Col.Ogawa:- Chief, 89th Brigade HQ, Etorofu, Kuril Islands