66th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:66th Infantry Regiment
Dates:World War II
Branch:Infantry
Command Structure:Japanese Eighteenth Army
51st Division
Battles:Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II

The 66th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army. The regiment was attached to the 127th Infantry Brigade of the 114th Division and participated during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was later reassigned to the 51st Division[1] and during the later stages of World War II, the regiment was in New Guinea, as part of the Japanese Eighteenth Army.

Organization

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 51 Division (Japan). Axis History Factbook. 21 November 2011.