142nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:	142nd Division
Native Name:	第142師団
Dates:	1945–1945
Country:	Empire of Japan
Allegiance:	11th area army
Branch:	Imperial Japanese Army
Type:	Infantry
Size:	10000
Garrison:	Sendai
Nickname:	Sendai protection division
Battles:	none

142nd Division
Date:	15 August 1945
Parent:	11th area army
Subordinate:	405. Infantry regiment (Sendai) 406. Infantry regiment(Yamagata) 407. Infantry regiment (Aizuwakamatsu) 408. Infantry regiment (Sendai) 142. Automatic cannon company 142. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 142. Transport company 142. Signals company 142. Ordnance company 142. Field hospital

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 28 February 1945 in Sendai as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.

Action

The 142nd division headquarters was located at Yoshoka-machi (now Kurokawa District). It was tasked with the defence of the coasts in Sendai Bay and Ishinomaki Bay. 407th infantry regiment was severely understrength. The division did not see any combat until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.

See also

• List of Japanese Infantry Divisions

Notes and references

• This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第142師団 (日本軍), accessed 12 July 2016
• Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.