144th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 144th Division 第144師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 54th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 17000 Osaka Osaka protection division none 144th Division 15 August 1945 15th area army *413. Infantry regiment (Osaka) 414. Infantry regiment(Wakayama) 415. Infantry regiment (Osaka) 416. Infantry regiment (Wakayama) 144. Automatic cannon company 144. Artillery company 144. Transport company 144. Signals company 144. Ordnance company 144. Field hospital The 144th Division 第144師団 Dai-hyakuyonjūyon Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Osaka Protection Division 護阪兵団 Kosaka Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Osaka as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action Initially, the 144th division was assigned to the Second General Army.Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945 Later it was reassigned to 15th area army. The 144th division headquarters was located at Osaka. 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144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