156th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 156th Division 第156師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 57th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Kunitomi West protection division none 156th Division 15 August 1945 57th army *453. Infantry regiment (Fukuoka) 454. Infantry regiment (Ōmura) 455. Infantry regiment (Kurume) 456. Infantry regiment (Kurume) 156. Automatic cannon company 156. Artillery company 156. Transport company 156. Signals company 156. Ordnance company 156. Field hospital The 156th Division 第156師団 Dai-hyakugojūroku Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the West Protection Division 護西兵団 Gosai Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Kurume, Fukuoka as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action The 156th division was assigned to 57th army.Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945 The division spent time from 5 May 1945 until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 building a coastal defenses in Miyazaki Prefecturehttp://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/445_453.htm 歩兵第453/454/455/456連隊/156D 2016-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817235556/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/445_453.htm 2016-08-17 dead without engaging in actual combat. The 453rd infantry regiment was in Sumiyoshi (between Miyazaki and Shintomi), the 454th - in Miyazaki proper, 455th - in Kiyotake (on southern outskirts of Miyazaki), and 456th infantry regiment - in Kunitomi inland. See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第156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