157th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 157th Division 第157師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 50th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Misawa, Aomori Hirosaki protection division none 157th Division 15 August 1945 50th army *457. Infantry regiment (Hirosaki) 458. Infantry regiment (Akita) 459. Infantry regiment (Akita) 460. Infantry regiment (Hirosaki) 157. Automatic cannon company 157. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 157. Transport company 157. Signals company 157. Ordnance company 157. Field hospital The 157th Division 第157師団 Dai-hyakugojūnana Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Hirosaki Protection Division 護弘兵団 Gogu Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Hirosaki as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action The 157th division was initially assigned to 11th area army.Japanese Homeland Land Armies 8 April 1945 In June 1945, the division was reassigned to the newly created 50th army. The division spent time from 2 May 1945 until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 building a coastal defenses in Aomori Prefecturehttp://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/457.310.htm 歩兵第457/458/459/460連隊/157D 2016-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818063655/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/457.310.htm 2016-08-18 dead without engaging in actual combat. The 457th and 458th infantry regiments were in Misawa, Aomori, 459th - in Hachinohe, and 460th infantry regiment - in Sanbangi town (now in Towada). See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第157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