93rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) explained

Unit Name:	93rd Division
Native Name:	第93師団
Country:	Empire of Japan
Dates:	1944 - 1945
Allegiance:	36th army
Branch:	Imperial Japanese Army
Type:	Infantry
Garrison:	Kanazawa
Nickname:	Resolve division
Battles:	none

93rd Division
Date:	1945
Parent:	36th army
Subordinate:	202. Infantry regiment (Toyama) 203. Infantry regiment (Kanazawa) 204. Infantry regiment (Toyama) 93. Cavalry regiment 93. Mountain artillery regiment 93. Engineer regiment 93. Transport regiment 93. Machine cannon company 93. Signals company 93. Ordnance company 93. Sanitation company 93/1. Field hospital 93/4. Field hospital 93. Chemical warfare company 93. Veterinary department^[1]

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was created 6 July 1944 in Kanazawa. The nucleus for the formation was the training camps of the 52nd division. It was a triangular division.

Action

The 93rd division was assigned to 36th army upon formation. Initial location of the division headquarters was Gotemba, Shizuoka, although 203rd infantry regiment was placed in northern Chiba Prefecture while 204th infantry regiment was placed in Matsumoto, Nagano.

Later entire division was concentrated in Chiba Prefecture, where it spent the time until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 building a fortifications without engaging in actual combat.

References and further reading

• List of Japanese Infantry Divisions
• Madej, W. Victor. Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981

This article incorporates material from the article 第93師団 (日本軍) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on 24 June 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Organization of Japanese Infantry Divisions 1939-1945 . 2016-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205038/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/939JXAA.PDF . 2016-03-04 . dead .