145th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
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|native_name=第145師団
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|dates= 1945–1945
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|allegiance=56th army
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|nickname=Kitakyushu protection division
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{{Infobox command structure
| name = 145th Division
| date = 15 August 1945
| parent = 56th army
| subordinate =*417. Infantry regiment (Hiroshima)
- 418. Infantry regiment(Hamada)
- 419. Infantry regiment (Yamaguchi)
- 420. Infantry regiment (Hiroshima)
- 145. Automatic cannon company
- 145. Barrage (rocket) artillery company
- 145. Transport company
- 145. Signals company
- 145. Ordnance company
- 145. Field hospital
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The {{nihongo|145th Division|第145師団|Dai-hyakuyonjūgo Shidan}} was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the {{nihongo|Kitakyushu Protection Division|護州兵団|Koshu Heidan}}. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Hiroshima as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th.
Action
Initially, the 145th division was assigned to the 16th area army.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160813061611/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/945PDEG.pdf Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945] Later it was reassigned to 56th army and sent to Ashiya, Fukuoka. 419th infantry regiment was defending Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū area.[http://sakurakai2015.ec-net.jp/kyuugun/henseibutaai_yamaguchi/henseibutai.html 山口県内で編成された部隊等]
The 145th division was tasked with the coastal defense. The division did not see any combat until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.
See also
{{Japan home islands defenses 1945}}
Notes and references
- This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第145師団 (日本軍), accessed 13 July 2016
- Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.
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