143rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 143rd Division 第143師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 54th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Hamamatsu Nagoya protection division none 143rd Division 15 August 1945 54th army *409. Infantry regiment (Nagoya) 410. Infantry regiment(Shizuoka) 411. Infantry regiment (Gifu) 412. Infantry regiment (Tsu) 143. Automatic cannon company 143. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 143. Transport company 143. Signals company 143. Ordnance company 143. Field hospital The 143rd Division 第143師団 Dai-hyakuyonjūsan Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Nagoya Protection Division 護仙兵団 Kogo Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Nagoya as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action Initially, the 143rd division was assigned to the 13th area army.Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945 In June 1945, it was reassigned to 54th army. The 143rd division headquarters was located at Hamamatsu. It was tasked with the coastal defense. The division did not see any combat until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945. See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第143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