142nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 142nd Division 第142師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 11th area army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Sendai Sendai protection division none 142nd Division 15 August 1945 11th area army *405. Infantry regiment (Sendai) 406. Infantry regiment(Yamagata) 407. Infantry regiment (Aizuwakamatsu) 408. Infantry regiment (Sendai) 142. Automatic cannon company 142. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 142. Transport company 142. Signals company 142. Ordnance company 142. Field hospital The 142nd Division 第142師団 Dai-hyakuyonjūni Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Sendai Protection Division 護仙兵団 Kosen Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Sendai as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action The 142nd division headquarters was located at Yoshoka-machi (now Kurokawa District). It was tasked with the defence of the coasts in Sendai Bay and Ishinomaki Bay. 407th infantry regiment was severely understrength. 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142師団 (日本軍), accessed 12 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