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27th Division
Active1938 - 1945
CountryEmpire of Japan
BranchImperial Japanese Army
TypeInfantry
Rolegarrison
Sizedivision
Garrison/HQBeijing
Nickname(s)"Decisive Division"
EngagementsBattle of Wuhan
Operation Ichi-Go
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Masaharu Homma
Military unit
27th Division (1938)
Parent unit11th Army
Components
  • 27. Infantry brigade
    • 1.China garrison infantry regiment (Beiping)
    • 2. China garrison infantry regiment (Tianjin)
    • 3. China garrison infantry regiment (Beiping)
  • 27. Reconnaissance regiment
  • 27. Mountain artillery regiment
  • 27. Engineer regiment
  • 27. Transport regiment
  • 27. Signals company
  • 27. Ordnance company
  • 27. Sanitation company
  • 27/1. Field hospital
  • 27/2. Field hospital
  • 27/3. Field hospital
  • 27/4. Field hospital
27th Division (1945)
Parent unit23rd Army
Components
  • 1.China garrison infantry regiment (Sakura)
  • 2. China garrison infantry regiment (Tokyo)
  • 3. China garrison infantry regiment (Kofu)
  • 27. Reconnaissance regiment
  • 27. Mountain artillery regiment
  • 27. Engineer regiment
  • 27. Transport regiment
  • 27. Signals company
  • 27. Ordnance company
  • 27. Sanitation company
  • 27/1. Field hospital
  • 27/2. Field hospital
  • 27/4. Field hospital

The 27th Division (第27師団, Dai-nijūnana Shidan) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the Decisive Division (極団, Kiwame-dan). It was formed in China as the triangular division from the independent mixed brigade and other units 21 June 1938

Action

4 July 1938 the 27th Division was assigned to the 11th Army. From 25 July 1938, the division started to participate in the Battle of Wuhan. After the end of the battle in October 1938, the 27th Division was sent to the staging grounds in Tianjin, where it was subordinated directly to the China Expeditionary Army in September 1939.

On 17 June 1943 the division was moved out of reserve and ordered to garrison Jinzhou. The division was mobilized on 1 February 1944 for the tentative participation in the Operation Ichi-Go, and transferred back to the 11th Army on 17 March 1944. As the Operation Ichi-Go started on 17 April 1944, the 27th division attacked Queshan County on 9 May 1944. On 30 January 1945 the 27th Division also captured an important airfield in Jiangxi. Afterward, while being in Ganzhou, the 27th Division was subordinated to the 23rd Army and sent to Guangdong, providing a coastal defence to Huizhou.

After the Battle of Okinawa started, the 27th Division on 18 April 1945 had received orders to retreat to Shanghai through Nanchang. The division was in Wuxi at the moment of the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.

See also

Reference and further reading

  • Madej, W. Victor. Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 Allentown, PA: 1981
  • This article incorporates material from the Japanese Misplaced Pages page 第27師団 (日本軍), accessed 8 March 2016


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