152nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

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:
  • 437. Infantry regiment (Toyama)
  • 438. Infantry regiment (Kanazawa)
  • 439. Infantry regiment (Kanazawa)
  • 440. Infantry regiment (Toyama)
  • 152. Automatic cannon company
  • 152. Artillery company
  • 152. Transport company
  • 152. Signals company
  • 152. Ordnance company
  • 152. Field hospital

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.

Action

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]

See also

Notes and references

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
  2. Web site: 歩兵第437/438/439/440連隊/152D . 2016-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818083722/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/425.437.322.htm . 2016-08-18 . dead .