100th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 100th Division 第100師団 Empire of Japan 15 June 1944 – 7 September 1945 35th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 14960http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/944PJAC.pdf# Japanese Order of Battle Philippines 18 October 1944 to End of War 2016-06-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814135234/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/944PJAC.pdf# 2016-08-14 dead Mindanao Jiro Harada Occupation division World War II Battle of Davao 100th Division 1944 35th army *75. Infantry brigade (Tsu) 163. Independent infantry battalion 164. Independent infantry battalion 165. Independent infantry battalion 166. Independent infantry battalion 75. Signals company 75. Labor company 76. Infantry brigade (Shizuoka) 167. Independent infantry battalion 168. Independent infantry battalion 352. Independent infantry battalion 353. Independent infantry battalion 76. Signals company 100. Labor company 100. Artillery regiment 100. Engineer regiment 100. Signals company 100. Transport company 100. Field hospital 100. Veterinary department 100. Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department The 100th Division 第100師団 Dai-ihhyaku Shidan was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Occupation Division 拠兵団 Kyo Heidan. It was created 15 June 1944 in Mindanao under command of Lieutenant-General Jiro Harada. The nucleus for the formation was the 30th Independent Mixed Brigade and reinforcements sent from Moji 29 May 1944.IJA Landing Craft Depot Ship SHINSHU MARU: Tabular Record of Movement It was a type C(hei) security division. Action The 100th division was assigned to the 35th army upon formation. It garrisoned a large area of Mindanao island centering at Davao. In the course of the Battle of Davao since 27 April 1945, the 100th division was squeezed to the mountains north-west of Davao and survived until news of the surrender of Japan reached it 18 August 1945. The division officially surrendered to US forces on the 7th of September, 1945. See also List of Japanese infantry divisions Independent Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army) References and further reading 30em Madej, W. Victor. Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981 This article incorporates material from the article 第100師団 (日本軍) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on 24 June 2016. Category:Japanese World War II divisions Category:Infantry divisions of Japan Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1944 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan