The 54th Infantry Regiment was an infantry
regiment
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation.
In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscript ...
in the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
. The regiment was attached to the 17th Infantry Brigade of the
17th Division and participated during the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
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
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, assigned to the Japanese
Eighth Area Army The Eighth Area Army was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army. The army was formed on 9 November 1942, becoming effective on 26 November at Rabaul as part of the Southern Army. The army was disbanded in September 1945.
Commanders
*General ...
at
Bougainville Island in the
Solomon Islands
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.
Organization
*1st Battalion
*2nd Battalion
*3rd Battalion
Notes
Infantry Regiments (Imperial Japanese Army)
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