Fifth Army (Japan)

Fifth Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Fifth Army


caption=
dates= 1937-12-07 - 1945-08-15　
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Andong, Manchukuo
nickname= nihongo|Joshudan|城集団|Castle
battles=Operation August Stormcommand structure
name= Japanese 5th Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese First Area Army
subordinate=

* 124th Infantry Division
* 126th Infantry Division
* 135th Infantry Division
* 15th Border Patrol Brigade
*1st Engineering Brigade

The nihongo|Japanese 5th Army|第5軍 |Dai-go gun was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army based in Manchukuo as a garrison force under the overall command of the Kwantung Army.

History

The Japanese 5th Army was initially raised on 7 December 1937 in Manchukuo as a garrison force to guard the eastern borders against possible incursions by the Soviet Red Army. It was temporarily disbanded on 26 February 1938, but was re-established on 19 May 1939. It afterwards came under the command of the Japanese First Area Army.

During the invasion of the Soviet Army in Operation August Storm, its forces were no match for the experienced battle-hardened Soviet armored divisions, and were driven back into defensive positions in Andong Province along the Korean border by the time of the surrender of Japan.

List of Commanders

Commanding officer

Chief of Staff

References

*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 = Glantz
first = David
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2003
chapter =
title = The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 7)
publisher = Routledge
location =
id = ISBN 0-7146-5279-2

External links

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6890
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese 5th Army


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