Fifth Area Army

Fifth Area Army
Fifth Area Army
	Border between Japanese Karafuto and Soviet Sakhalin
Active	March 16, 1944 - August 15, 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Field Army
Garrison/HQ	Sapporo
Nickname(s)	達(Tatsu = “attain”)
Engagements	Soviet–Japanese War Invasion of South Sakhalin; Invasion of the Kuril Islands; Proposed Soviet invasion of Hokkaido;

The Fifth Area Army (第5方面軍, Dai-go hōmen gun) was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the closing stages of World War II. It saw combat against the Soviet Union in Japan’s northern territories.

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Japanese Fifth Area Army (1945)
Parent unit	General Defense Command
Components	7th Infantry Division 42nd Infantry Division 77th Infantry Division 88th Infantry Division 89th Infantry Division 91st Infantry Division 101st Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) 129th Independent Mixed Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army)