154th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:	154th Division
Native Name:	第154師団
Dates:	1945–1945
Country:	Empire of Japan
Allegiance:	57th army
Branch:	Imperial Japanese Army
Type:	Infantry
Size:	10000
Garrison:	Miyazaki Prefecture
Nickname:	Himeji protection division
Battles:	none

154th Division
Date:	15 August 1945
Parent:	57th army
Subordinate:	445. Infantry regiment (Tottori) 446. Infantry regiment (Tottori) 447. Infantry regiment (Okayama) 448. Infantry regiment (Okayama) 154. Automatic cannon company 154. Artillery company 154. Transport company 154. Signals company 154. Ordnance company 154. Field hospital

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.

Action

The 154th division was assigned to 57th army.^[1] The division spent time from 5 May 1945 until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 building a coastal defenses in Saito, Miyazaki^[2] without engaging in actual combat.

See also

• List of Japanese Infantry Divisions

Notes and references

• This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第154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
2. Web site: 歩兵第445/446/447/448連隊/154D . 2016-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817235556/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/445_453.htm . 2016-08-17 . dead .