The 54th Infantry Regiment was an infantry
regiment in the
Imperial Japanese Army. The regiment was attached to the 17th Infantry Brigade of the
17th Division and participated during the
Second Sino-Japanese War as part of the Central China Expeditionary Army, before being assigned to the Thirteenth Army.
The regiment fought in the later stages of
World War II, assigned to the Japanese
Eighth Area Army at
Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomons. Its land area is ...
in the
Solomon Islands.
Organization
*1st Battalion
*2nd Battalion
*3rd Battalion
Notes
Infantry Regiments (Imperial Japanese Army)
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