title: Fiftieth Army (Japan)
text: # Fiftieth Army (Japan)
  
  The Japanese 50th Army (第50軍, Dai-gojyū gun) was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.
  
  ## History
  
  The Japanese 50th Army was formed on June 19, 1945, under the Japanese 11th Area Army as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in the northern prefectures of the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū during Operation Downfall. The Japanese 50th Army was based in Aomori Prefecture and consisted mostly of poorly trained and poorly armed reservists, conscripted students, Volunteer Fighting Corps militia and walking wounded. It was demobilized at the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, without having seen combat.
  
  ## List of Commanders
  
  | | Name | From | To |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Commanding officer | Lieutenant General Toshimoto Hoshino | 10 June 1945 | 15 August 1945 |
  | Chief of Staff | Major General Kimihide Ota | 1 June 1945 | 1 November 1945 |
  