Unit Name: | 151st Division |
Native Name: | 第151師団 |
Dates: | 1945–1945 |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Allegiance: | 51st army |
Branch: | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Size: | 10000 |
Garrison: | Mito |
Nickname: | Utsunomiya protection division |
Battles: | none |
151st Division | |
Date: | 15 August 1945 |
Parent: | 51st army[1] |
Subordinate: |
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The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed on 28 February 1945 in Utsunomiya as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.
The 151st division was assigned to 51st army in April 1945 and performed a coastal defense duties in Mito, Ibaraki until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 without seeing an actual combat. 433rd infantry regiment was garrisoning Hitachi, Ibaraki, 434th and 436th - Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, and 435th infantry regiment - Kasama, Ibaraki.[2]