Army of Tokyo Bay

Active| June 19, 1945 – August 15, 1945
Country| Empire of Japan
Branch| Imperial Japanese Army
Type| Infantry
Role| Corps
Garrison/HQ| Tateyama, Chiba
Nickname(s)| Fringe (房, Fusa)
Engagements| none
Commanders
Notable
commanders| Shihei Ooba
Toyoaki Yamauchi

Military unit

Army of Tokyo Bay (15 August 1945)

Parent unit|

12th area army

Components|

* 354th Division (Maruyama)
* 96th Independent Mixed Brigade (Tokyo→Tateyama)[1]
* 114th Independent Mixed Brigade (Nagano→Yokosuka)[2]
* Tokyo Bay Fortress Brigade
* Tokyo Bay Fortress heavy artillery regiment
* 1\. Tokyo Bay Fortress artillery company
* 2\. Tokyo Bay Fortress artillery company
* 1\. Tokyo Bay Fortress engineer company
* 2\. Tokyo Bay Fortress engineer company
* Tokyo Bay Fortress signals company
* Temporarily attached units
* 6\. Field heavy artillery battalion
* 6\. Mortar battalion
* 100\. Independent engineer battalion

The Army of Tokyo Bay (東京湾兵団, Tokyo wan heidan) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.

## History[edit]

The Japanese Army of Tokyo Bay was formed 19 June 1945, under the 12th area army as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in Kantō region. The Army of Tokyo Bay was based in Tateyama, Chiba. It consisted mostly of poorly trained reservists, conscripted students and Volunteer Fighting Corps home guard militia. It was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, without having seen combat.

## References and notes[edit]

* This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 東京湾兵団, accessed 22 July 2016

1. ^ 独立混成第９６旅団
2. ^ 独立混成第１１４旅団

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