205th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:	205th Division
Native Name:	第205師団
Dates:	1945–1945
Country:	Empire of Japan
Allegiance:	55th army
Branch:	Imperial Japanese Army
Type:	Infantry
Garrison:	Kōchi
Notable Commanders:	Tadashi Katakura
Nickname:	Aki division
Battles:	none

205th Division
Date:	15 August 1945
Parent:	55th army
Subordinate:	507. Infantry regiment (Yamaguchi) 508. Infantry regiment (Tottori) 509. Infantry regiment (Okayama) 205. Field artillery regiment 205. Mortar regiment 205. Automatic cannon company 205. Machine gun company 205. Engineer company 205. Transport company 205. Signals company 205. Ordnance company 205/4. Field hospital

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

Action

In June 1945, the 205th Division was deployed at Kōchi.^[1] It did not see any combat, and was disbanded after the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.

See also

• List of Japanese Infantry Divisions

Notes and references

• This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第205師団 (日本軍), accessed 14 July 2016
• Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 歩兵第507/508/509連隊/205D . 2016-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818091253/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/449_507.htm . 2016-08-18 . dead .