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The Japanese 32nd Army (第32軍, Dai Sanjū-ni gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final stages of World War II. It was annihilated during the Battle of Okinawa.




History


The Japanese 32nd Army was formed on March 13, 1944 as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in Okinawa and the surrounding Ryukyu Islands. The Japanese 32nd Army had 77,000 men (39,000 infantry in 31 battalions and 38,000 artillery, armor and combat service troops) plus the 10,000 man Okinawa Naval Base Force and 42,000 Okinawan conscripts. However, many of its personnel were poorly trained reservists, conscripted students and home guard militia. It was annihilated during the Battle of Okinawa from April to June, 1945.




List of commanders






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Structure


32nd Army, HQ at Naha, Okinawa
9th Infantry Division (transferred to Taiwan, Dec 1944)
24th Infantry Division - a conventional triangular division
22nd Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
44th Artillery Regiment
89th infantry Regiment
62nd Infantry Division (a light two brigade COIN division that came from China).
63rd Infantry Brigade
64th Infantry Brigade
28th Infantry Division
44th Independent Mixed Brigade
2nd Independent Mixed Regiment
15th Independent Mixed Regiment
45th Independent Mixed Brigade
59th Independent Mixed Brigade
60th Independent Mixed Brigade
Independent 27th Tank Regiment




References


Appleman, Roy Edgar, Burns, James M., Gugeler, Russel A., and Stevens, John, Gerald (1948). Okinawa: The Last Battle. Washington DC: United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 1-4102-2206-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Astor, Gerald (1996). Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II. Dell. ISBN 0-440-22178-1.
Feifer, George (2001). The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb. The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-58574-215-5.
Frank, Richard B (1999). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-41424-X.
Jowett, Bernard (1999). The Japanese Army 1931–45 (Volume 2, 1942–45). Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-354-3.
Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945. Game Publishing Company. ASIN B000L4CYWW.
Marston, Daniel (2005). The Pacific War Companion: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-882-0.
Wheelan, Joseph (2020). Bloody Okinawa (Paperback). New York: Hachette. ISBN 978-0-306-90320-5.




External links


Wendel, Marcus. "Axis History Factbook". Japanese Thirty Second Army.

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