Twenty-Seventh Army (Japan)

Japanese Twenty-Seventh Army
Japanese ski troops in the Chishima Islands
ActiveMarch 16, 1944 – February 1, 1945
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCorps
Garrison/HQEtorofu
Nickname(s)Hokubu (北部, Northern)
EngagementsSoviet invasion of Manchuria

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.