Thirty-Fifth Army (Japan)
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The Japanese 35th Army was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final days of World War II.
Surrender of Lt. General Kataoka Tadasu, highest ranking officer of Imperial Japanese 35th Army on Cebu, August 19, 1945
Battle of Leyte
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The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command o
Thirty-Fifth Army (Japan)
…desperate for Japan, the Imperial General Headquarters ordered the bulk of the IJA 35th Army to Leyte as reinforcement to Japanese forces in the Battle of Leyte to fight against the combined American and Philippine Commonwealth troops. As the battle was lost, surviving units were given independent command…
General Douglas MacArthur and staff, accompanied by Philippine president Sergio Osmeña (left), land at Red Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944.
Amphibious forces approach Leyte, October 1944
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger