151st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 151st Division 第151師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Mito Utsunomiya Protection Division none 151st Division 15 August 1945 51st ArmyJapanese Home Island Armies 8 April 1945 *433rd Infantry Regiment (Utsunomiya) 434th Infantry Regiment (Mito) 435th Infantry Regiment (Takasaki, Gunma) 436th Infantry Regiment (Utsunomiya) 151. Automatic cannon company 151. Barrage (rocket) artillery company 151. Transport company 151. Signals company 151. Ordnance company 151. Field hospital The 151st Division 第151師団 Dai-hyakugojūichi Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Utsunomiya Protection Division 護宇兵団 Gou Heidan. It was formed on 28 February 1945 in Utsunomiya as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. World War II The 151st Division was assigned to the 51st Army in April 1945 and performed coastal defense duties in Mito, Ibaraki, until the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 without seeing an actual combat. The 433rd Infantry Regiment garrisoned Hitachi, Ibaraki, the 434th and 436th Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, and the 435th Kasama, Ibaraki.http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/92.433.htm 歩兵第433/434/435/436連隊/151D 2016-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818091349/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/92.433.htm 2016-08-18 dead See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第151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