Fifty-Second Army (Japan)

Fifty-Second Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Fifty-Second Army


caption=Student miiitia at Kujukurihama, Chiba
dates= 1945-04-07 - 1945-08-15　
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison= Sakura, Chiba
nickname= nihongo|Shō|捷 |Victory
battles=Operation Downfallcommand structure
name= Japanese 52nd Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese Twelfth Area Army
subordinate=
* 3rd Imperial Guards Division (Naruto)
* 147th Infantry Division (Mobara)
* 152nd Infantry Division (Choshi)
* 234th Infantry Division ( Sōsa)
*3rd Independent Armored Brigade
*8th Artillery Headquarters

The nihongo|Japanese 52nd Army|第52軍 |Dai-gojyūni gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.

History

The Japanese 52nd Army was formed on 7 April 1945 under the Japanese 12th Area Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in central Honshū during Operation Downfall. The Japanese 52nd Army was based in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture and was thus intended to guard the closest beachhead to Tokyo and the Kantō region along the Bōsō Peninsula. It consisted mostly of poorly-trained reservists, conscripted students and home guard militia. It was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 without having seen combat.

List of Commanders

References

*cite book
last = Drea
first = Edward J.
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 1998
chapter = Japanese Preparations for the Defense of the Homeland & Intelligence Forecasting for the Invasion of Japan
title = In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army
publisher = University of Nebraska Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-8032-1708-0
*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
*cite book
last = Skates
first = John Ray
coauthors =
year = 1994
title = The Invasion of Japan: Alternative to the Bomb Downfall
publisher = University of South Carolina Press
location = New York
id = ISBN 0-87249-972-3

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7697
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Fifty-Second Army


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