146th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 146th Division 第146師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 40th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Kagoshima Prefecture South protection division none 146th Division 15 August 1945 40th army *421. Infantry regiment (Kumamoto) 422. Infantry regiment(Miyakonojō) 423. Infantry regiment (Kagoshima) 424. Infantry regiment (Kumamoto) 146. Automatic cannon company 146. Artillery company 146. Transport company 146. Signals company 146. Ordnance company 146. Field hospital The 146th Division 第146師団 Dai-hyakuyonjūroku Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Southern Protection Division 護南兵団 Konan Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Kumamoto as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action Initially, the 146th division was assigned to the 57th army.Japanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945 After the 40th army was transferred from Taiwan to Kyushu, the division was reassigned to it and sent to Kagoshima Prefecture The 146th division 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146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