Unit Name: | 152nd Division |
Native Name: | 第152師団 |
Dates: | 1945–1945 |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Allegiance: | 52nd army |
Branch: | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Size: | 10000 |
Garrison: | Chōshi |
Nickname: | Kanazawa protection division |
Battles: | none |
152nd Division | |
Date: | 15 August 1945 |
Parent: | 52nd army |
Subordinate: |
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 28 February 1945 in Kanazawa as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.
The 152nd division was initially assigned to 11th area army.[1] In April 1945 it was reassigned to 52nd army and sent from Kanazawa to Chōshi in Kantō region, where it performed a coastal defense duties until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 without seeing an actual combat.The 437th infantry regiment was garrisoning Chōshi, the 440th - west Chōshi, 438th - Asahi, Chiba (building defenses on south-western bank of Tone River), and 439th infantry regiment - Omigawa, Chiba.[2]