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157th Division
第157師団
Active	1945–1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Allegiance	50th army
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Size	10000
Garrison/HQ	Misawa, Aomori
Nickname(s)	Hirosaki protection division
Engagements	none

The 157th Division (第157師団, Dai-hyakugojūnana Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Hirosaki Protection Division (護弘兵団, Gogu Heidan). It was formed 28 February 1945 in Hirosaki as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.

Action

The 157th division was initially assigned to 11th area army. In June 1945, the division was reassigned to the newly created 50th army. The division spent time from 2 May 1945 until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 building a coastal defenses in Aomori Prefecture without engaging in actual combat. The 457th and 458th infantry regiments were in Misawa, Aomori, 459th - in Hachinohe, and 460th infantry regiment - in Sanbangi town (now in Towada).

See also

• List of Japanese Infantry Divisions

Notes and references

• This article incorporates material from Japanese Misplaced Pages page 第157師団 (日本軍), accessed 14 July 2016
• Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 , Allentown, PA: 1981.

1. Japanese Homeland Land Armies 8 April 1945
2. "歩兵第457/458/459/460連隊/157D". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

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