Country Empire of Japan Role Corps Engagements Operation Downfall Engagement Operation Downfall | Type Infantry Nickname(s) Shun (俊, Genius) Branch Imperial Japanese Army | |
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Active June 19, 1945 – August 15, 1945 Similar Fifty‑Second Army, Eleventh Army, Twenty‑Eighth Army | ||
The Japanese 50th Army (第50軍, Dai-gojyū gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.
History
The Japanese 50th Army was formed on June 19, 1945, under the Japanese 11th Area Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in the northern prefectures of the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū during Operation Downfall. The Japanese 50th Army was based in Aomori Prefecture and consisted mostly of poorly trained and poorly armed reservists, conscripted students, Volunteer Fighting Corps militia and walking wounded. It was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, without having seen combat.
References
Fiftieth Army (Japan) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA