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