160th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 160th Division 第160師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 17th area army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 North Jeolla Province Pyongyang protection division none 160th Division 15 August 1945 17th area army *461. Infantry regiment (Hiroshima) 462. Infantry regiment (Hamada) 463. Infantry regiment (Yamaguchi) 464. Infantry regiment (Tottori) 160. Automatic cannon company 160. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 160. Transport company 160. Signals company 160. Ordnance company 160. Field hospital The 160th Division 第160師団 Dai-hyakurokujū Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Chosun Protection Division 護鮮兵団 Gosen Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Pyongyang as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action The 160th division was assigned to 17th area army. 9 May 1945, the division was sent to North Jeolla Province to prepare a coastal defenses, performing uneventfully until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945.http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/259.429.461htm.htm 歩兵第461/462/463/464連隊//160D 2016-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026201404/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/259.429.461htm.htm 2016-10-26 dead 461st infantry regiment was in Buan County, 462nd - in Gunsan, 463rd - in Seocheon County, and 464th infantry regiment - in Iksan. See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第160師団 (日本軍), accessed 14 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