Country Empire of Japan Role Corps Nickname(s) Hokubu (北部, Northern) Founded 1944 | Type Infantry Garrison/HQ Etorofu Headquarters Iturup Branch Imperial Japanese Army | |
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Active March 16, 1944 – February 1, 1945 Engagement Soviet invasion of Manchuria Similar Twenty‑Eighth Army, Imperial Japanese Army, Fifty‑Second Army, Sixteenth Army | ||
The 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 March 16, 1944 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 February 1, 1945, and its units were incorporated directly into the Japanese 5th Area Army
References
Twenty-Seventh Army (Japan) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA