153rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 153rd Division 第153師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 13th area army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10,000 Ise Kyoto protection division none 153rd Division 15 August 1945 13th area army *441. Infantry regiment (Tsuruga) 442. Infantry regiment (Kyoto) 443. Infantry regiment (Tsuruga) 444. Infantry regiment (Kyoto) 153. Automatic cannon company 153. Artillery company 153. Transport company 153. Signals company 153. Ordnance company 153. Field hospital The 153rd Division 第153師団 Dai-hyakugojūsan Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Kyoto Protection Division 護京兵団 Gokyo Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Kyoto as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action The 153rd division was assigned to the 13th area army.Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945 The division spent time from 5 May 1945 until the surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 building coastal defenses without engaging in actual combat. The 441st infantry regiment was located at the Atsumi Peninsula, the 442nd and 443rd at Ise-Shima, and the 444th infantry regiment at Ise.http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/196_441_334.htm 歩兵第441/442/443/444連隊/153D 2016-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818021909/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/196_441_334.htm 2016-08-18 dead See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第153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. Category:Japanese World War II divisions Category:Infantry divisions of Japan Category:Military units and formations established in 1945 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1945 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan