143rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:	143rd Division
Native Name:	第143師団
Dates:	1945–1945
Country:	Empire of Japan
Allegiance:	54th army
Branch:	Imperial Japanese Army
Type:	Infantry
Size:	10000
Garrison:	Hamamatsu
Nickname:	Nagoya protection division
Battles:	none

143rd Division
Date:	15 August 1945
Parent:	54th army
Subordinate:	409. Infantry regiment (Nagoya) 410. Infantry regiment(Shizuoka) 411. Infantry regiment (Gifu) 412. Infantry regiment (Tsu) 143. Automatic cannon company 143. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 143. Transport company 143. Signals company 143. Ordnance company 143. Field hospital

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

Action

Initially, the 143rd division was assigned to the 13th area army.^[1] In June 1945, it was reassigned to 54th army.

The 143rd division headquarters was located at Hamamatsu. It was tasked with the coastal defense. 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143師団 (日本軍), accessed 13 July 2016
• Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813061611/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/945PDEG.pdf Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945