Twenty-Seventh Army (Japan)
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Japanese 27th Army (1945)
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- 42nd Infantry Division
- 91st Infantry Division
- 3rd Marines Battalion
- 4th Marines Battalion
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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.
History
The Japanese 27th Army was formed on March 16, 1944 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 February 1, 1945, and its units were incorporated directly into the Japanese 5th Area Army
List of Commanders
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Name |
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| 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 |
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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