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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