44th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:	44th Division
Dates:	1944 - 1945
Country:	Empire of Japan
Type:	Infantry
Size:	14000
Garrison:	Osaka
Nickname:	Orange Division
Battles:	none

44th Division
Date:	1945
Parent:	51st army
Subordinate:	92. Infantry regiment (Osaka) 93. Infantry regiment (Osaka): Katsuji Osawa Colonel 94. Infantry regiment (Wakayama) 44. Field artillery regiment 44. Engineer regiment 44. Transport regiment 44. Anti-aircraft company 44. Signals company 44. Ordnance company 44. Sanitation company 44/1. Field hospital 44/4. Field hospital 44. Chemical warfare company 44. Veterinary department

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .

The 44th Division was organized on 4 April 1944, simultaneously with the 81st and 86th divisions as a defiant action against popular Japanese Tetraphobia superstition. The nucleus was the headquarters of the 4th Division. Originally the 44th Division was assigned to the Central District Army.

In March 1945, the 44th Division was sent to Takahagi, Ibaraki, arriving 8 April 1945. The division was re-subordinated to the 51st Army 18 April 1945 and assigned to the role of the mobile reserve. The surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 had happened before the 44th Division could engage with the enemy.

served as chief of staff for the 44th Division from 6 April 1944 until the end of the war.