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Infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army

152nd Division
第152師団
Active1945–1945
CountryEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
Allegiance52nd army
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
Size10000
Garrison/HQChōshi
Nickname(s)Kanazawa protection division
Engagementsnone
Military unit
152nd Division (15 August 1945)
Parent unit52nd army
Components
  • 437. Infantry regiment (Toyama)
  • 438. Infantry regiment (Kanazawa)
  • 439. Infantry regiment (Kanazawa)
  • 440. Infantry regiment (Toyama)
  • 152. Automatic cannon company
  • 152. Artillery company
  • 152. Transport company
  • 152. Signals company
  • 152. Ordnance company
  • 152. Field hospital

The 152nd Division (第152師団, Dai-hyakugojūni Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Kanazawa Protection Division (護沢兵団, Gozawa Heidan). It was formed 28 February 1945 in Kanazawa as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.

Action

The 152nd division was initially assigned to 11th area army. In April 1945 it was reassigned to 52nd army and sent from Kanazawa to Chōshi in Kantō region, where it performed a coastal defense duties until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 without seeing an actual combat. The 437th infantry regiment was garrisoning Chōshi, the 440th - west Chōshi, 438th - Asahi, Chiba (building defenses on south-western bank of Tone River), and 439th infantry regiment - Omigawa, Chiba.

See also

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Notes and references

  • This article incorporates material from Japanese Misplaced Pages page 第152師団 (日本軍), accessed 13 July 2016
  • Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 , Allentown, PA: 1981.
  1. Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945
  2. "歩兵第437/438/439/440連隊/152D". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.


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