Unit Name: | 145th Division |
Native Name: | 第145師団 |
Dates: | 1945–1945 |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Allegiance: | 56th army |
Branch: | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Size: | 10000 |
Garrison: | Ashiya |
Nickname: | Kitakyushu protection division |
Battles: | none |
145th Division | |
Date: | 15 August 1945 |
Parent: | 56th army |
Subordinate: |
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 28 February 1945 in Hiroshima as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.
Initially, the 145th division was assigned to the 16th area army.[1] Later it was reassigned to 56th army and sent to Ashiya, Fukuoka. 419th infantry regiment was defending Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū area.[2]
The 145th division was tasked with the coastal defense. The division did not see any combat until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.