Thirty-Second Army (Japan)

Thirty-Second Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Thirty Second Army


caption= Japanese Commanders on Okinawa
dates= 1944-03-13 - 1945-06-23
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Naha, Okinawa
nickname= nihongo|Kyō|球|Orb Division
battles=Battle of Okinawacommand structure
name= Japanese 32nd Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese Tenth Area Army
subordinate=
* 9th Infantry Division (transferred to Taiwan, Dec 1944)
* 24th Infantry Division - a conventional triangular division
**22nd Infantry Regiment
**23rd Infantry Regiment
**44th Artillery Regiment
**89th infantry Regiment
* 62nd Infantry Division (a light two brigade COIN division that came from China).
**63rd Infantry Brigade
**64th Infantry Brigade
* 28th Infantry Division
*44th Independent Mixed Brigade
**2nd Independent Mixed Regiment
**15th Independent Mixed Regiment
*45th Independent Mixed Brigade
*59th Independent Mixed Brigade
*60th Independent Mixed Brigade
*Independent 27th Tank Regiment

The nihongo|Japanese 32nd Army|第32軍 |Dai Sanjū-ni gun was a army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final stages of World War II.

History

The Japanese 32nd Army was formed on 13 March 1944 as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in Okinawa and the surrounding Ryukyu Islands. The Japanese 32nd Army had 77,000 men (39,000 infantry in 31 battalions and 38,000 artillery, armor and combat service troops) plus the 10,000 man Okinawa Naval Base Force and 42,000 Okinawan conscripts. However, many of its personnel were poorly-trained reservists, conscripted students and home guard militia. It was annihilated during the Battle of Okinawa on 1 April 1945.

List of Commanders

Commanding officer


=Chief of Staff=

References

*cite book
last = Appleman, Roy Edgar, Burns, James M., Gugeler, Russel A., and Stevens, John
first = Gerald
year = 1948
title = Okinawa: The Last Battle
publisher = US Army Center for Military History
location = Washington DC
id = ISBN 1-410-22206-3
*cite book
last = Astor
first = Gerald
year = 1996
title = Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II
publisher = Dell
location =
id = ISBN 0-440-22178-1
*cite book
last = Feifer
first = George
year = 2001
chapter =
title = The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb
publisher = The Lyons Press
location =
id = ISBN 1-58574-215-5
*cite book
last = Frank
first = Richard B
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
publisher = Random House
location = New York
id = ISBN 0-679-41424-X
*cite book
last = Jowett
first = Bernard
coauthors =
year = 1999
title = The Japanese Army 1931-45 (Volume 2, 1942-45)
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841763543
*cite book
last = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWW
*cite book
last = Marston
first = Daniel
coauthors =
year = 2005
title = The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
publisher = Osprey Publishing
location =
id = ISBN 1841768820

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7683
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Thirty Second Army


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