5th Infantry Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment
🟡 索引- Code name
- 杉四七一五
- Higher formation
- 第八師団
- Depot district
- 青森
- Raised at
- 青森
- Colours received
- 明31.12.29
- Commanding officer
- 高階於菟雄
- Main theatres
- the Satsuma Rebellion - the First Sino-Japanese War - the Russo-Japanese War - the Siberian Intervention - the Manchurian Incident - the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Second World War
- Action
- the decisive battle of Leyte
War record
Received its colours in 1878→formed at Aomori, under the 8th Division→September 1944, sent from Luzon as reinforcement to Palompon in west-central Leyte→with the Americans holding command of the sea, it sought a set-piece "battle" that never came about→was almost entirely wiped out at Libongao→withdrew into the Canguipot range and fought on in the mountains→the regimental commander and others burned the colours
Without control of the sea, the regiment aimed for a decisive "pitched battle" that never came and, after ceremonially burning its regimental colours, vanished into the mountains.
Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本 誌面105
Aiming for a set-piece battle that never came, and with no command of the sea, the regiment burned its colour and disappeared into the mountains
Men of this unit
- 高階於菟雄 大佐 レイテ守備隊を統轄する高階支隊を指揮
This card is made only of facts copied from one book. Only what can be confirmed against a primary source will one day become 🟢. An empty field means the book does not say. Nothing has been filled in by guesswork.
Source: 戦史の本 誌面105
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