- Forty-Third Army (Japan)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Forty-Third Army
caption=
dates=1945-03-10 -1945-08-15
country=Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch=Imperial Japanese Army
type=Infantry
role=Corps
garrison=
nickname=
battles=Operation Downfall command structure
name= Japanese 43rd Army
date=1945
parent=North China Area Army
subordinate=
* 47th Infantry Division
* 5th Independent Mixed Brigade
* 9th Independent Mixed Brigade
* 1st Independent Infantry Brigade
The nihongo|Japanese 43rd Army|第43軍 |Dai-yonjyūsan gun was an army of theImperial Japanese Army during the final stages ofWorld War II .History
The Japanese 43rd Army was formed on
10 March 1945 under theNorthern China Area Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by theEmpire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces inShandong province duringOperation Downfall . The Japanese 43rd Army consisted mostly of poorly-trained and poorly equipped reservists from other units.It was demobilized at the
surrender of Japan on15 August 1945 atJinan without having seen combat.List of Commanders
References
Books
* 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 = Madej
first = Victor
coauthors =
year = 1981
title = Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945
publisher = Game Publishing Company
location =
id = ASIN: B000L4CYWWExternal links
* cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7693
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Fortieth-Third Army
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