Twenty-Seventh Army (Japan)

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Japanese Twenty-Seventh Army

Japanese ski troops in the Chishima Islands
Active 1944-03-16-1945-08-15
Country Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Type Infantry
Role Corps
Garrison/HQ Etorofu
Nickname Hokubu (北部 Northern?)
Engagements Operation August Storm
Japanese 27th Army (1945)
Parent unit Japanese Fifth Area Army
Components
  • 42nd Infantry Division
  • 91st Infantry Division
  • 3rd Marines Battalion
  • 4th Marines Battalion

The Japanese 27th Army (第27軍 Dai-nijyūnana gun?) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.

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[edit] History

The Japanese 27th Army was formed on 1944-03-16 as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in the northern Chishima Islands territories from northeastern Hokkaidō to Kamchatka during Operation Downfall. It was headquartered on Etorofu.

The Japanese 27th Army consisted mostly of poorly-trained reservists, conscripted students and home guard militia. It was disbanded on 1 February 1945, and its units were incorporated directly into the Japanese 5th Area Army

[edit] List of Commanders

Name From To
Commanding officer Lieutenant General Shozo Terakura 10 March 1944 1 February 1945
Chief of Staff Major General Keiji Suzuki 10 March 1944 1 February 1945

[edit] References

  • Drea, Edward J. (1998). "Japanese Preparations for the Defense of the Homeland & Intelligence Forecasting for the Invasion of Japan", In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1708-0. 
  • Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X. 
  • Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45). Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1841763543. 
  • Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN: B000L4CYWW. 
  • Marston, Daniel (2005). The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1841768820. 
  • Skates, John Ray (1994). The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb Downfall. New York: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0-87249-972-3. 

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