Twenty-Seventh Army (Japan)

Twenty-Seventh Army (Japan)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Japanese Twenty-Seventh Army


caption= Japanese ski troops in the Chishima Islands
dates= 1944-03-16 - 1945-02-01
country= Empire of Japan
allegiance=
branch= Imperial Japanese Army
type= Infantry
role= Corps
garrison=Etorofu
nickname= nihongo|Hokubu|北部|Northern
battles=Operation August Stormcommand structure
name= Japanese 27th Army
date=1945
parent=Japanese Fifth Area Army
subordinate=
* 42nd Infantry Division
* 91st Infantry Division
* 3rd Marines Battalion
*4th Marines Battalion

The nihongo|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 1944-03-16 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 1 February 1945, and its units were incorporated directly into the Japanese 5th Area Army

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=7311
title = Axis History Factbook
work = Japanese Twenty Seventh Army


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