201st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:201st Division
Native Name:第201師団
Dates:1945–1945
Country: Empire of Japan
Allegiance:36th army
Branch:Imperial Japanese Army
Type:Infantry
Garrison:Kunitachi
Nickname:Musashi division
Battles:none
201st Division
Date:15 August 1945
Parent:36th army
Subordinate:
  • 501. Infantry regiment (Tokyo)
  • 502. Infantry regiment (Kōfu)

Infantry regiment # 503 (Sakura)

  • 216. Field artillery regiment
  • 216. Mortar regiment
  • 201. Automatic cannon company
  • 201. Machine gun company
  • 201. Engineer company
  • 201. Transport company
  • 201. Signals company
  • 201. Ordnance company
  • 201/4. Field hospital

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 2 April 1945 in Tokyo as a triangular division. It was one of the batch of eight divisions comprising 201st, 202nd, 205th, 206th, 209th, 212th, 214th and 216th divisions created as part of the Japanese reaction on the Battle of Okinawa.

Action

The 201st division was assigned to the second line of defenses of Kantō region deeper inland. The 501st infantry regiment was garrisoning Zama, 502nd and 503rd infantry regiments - Musashimurayama.[1] Other sub-units were deployed at Gotemba. The 201st division did not see any combat.

See also

Notes and references

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 歩兵第501/502/503連隊/201D . 14 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818023402/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/171.202..501.htm . 18 August 2016 . dead .