117th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 117th Division 第117師団 1944–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 44th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 13694http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/945JHAA.PDF Japanese Kwantung Army 9 August 1945 (Facing Russian Invasion of Manchuria) 2016-06-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20160813070442/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/945JHAA.PDF 2016-08-13 dead Xinxiang Expansive division 117th Division 1945 44th army *87. Infantry brigade 203. Independent infantry battalion 204. Independent infantry battalion 205. Independent infantry battalion 206. Independent infantry battalion 88. Infantry brigade 388. Independent infantry battalion 389. Independent infantry battalion 390. Independent infantry battalion 391. Independent infantry battalion 117 Mortar company 117. Engineer company 117. Transport company 117. Signals company 117. Field hospital 117. Veterinary department The 117th Division 第117師団 Dai-hyakujūnana Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Expansive Division 弘兵団 Hiromu Heidan. It was formed 10 July 1944 in Xinxiang as a type-C(hei) security division, simultaneously with the 114th, 115th and 118th divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade. The division was initially assigned to the Twelfth Army. Action Although slated for the Battle of West Henan–North Hubei, the 117th division was reassigned to the 44th army and sent to Taonan in April 1945. During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the 117th division was tasked with the defense of Liaoyuan"Records of operations against Soviet Russia, Eastern Front (August 1945)", p. 7-8 and has surrendered to Red Army in Gongzhuling. The last soldiers were returned to Japan only in 1963.117th Division (Hiro) See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第117師団 (日本軍), accessed 27 June 2016 Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981. Category:Japanese World War II divisions Category:Infantry divisions of Japan Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1944 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan