Unit Name: | 160th Division |
Native Name: | 第160師団 |
Dates: | 1945–1945 |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Allegiance: | 17th area army |
Branch: | Imperial Japanese Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Size: | 10000 |
Garrison: | North Jeolla Province |
Nickname: | Pyongyang protection division |
Battles: | none |
160th Division | |
Date: | 15 August 1945 |
Parent: | 17th area army |
Subordinate: |
The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 28 February 1945 in Pyongyang as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.
The 160th division was assigned to 17th area army. 9 May 1945, the division was sent to North Jeolla Province to prepare a coastal defenses, performing uneventfully until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.[1] 461st infantry regiment was in Buan County, 462nd - in Gunsan, 463rd - in Seocheon County, and 464th infantry regiment - in Iksan.