155th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 155th Division 第155師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 55th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 10000 Kami, Kōchi Land protection division none 155th Division 15 August 1945 55th army *449. Infantry regiment (Marugame) 450. Infantry regiment (Tokushima) 451. Infantry regiment (Kochi) 452. Infantry regiment (Marugame) 155. Automatic cannon company 155. Artillery company 155. Transport company 155. Signals company 155. Ordnance company The 155th Division 第155師団 Dai-hyakugojūgo Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Land Protection Division 護土兵団 Godo Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Zentsūji, Kagawa as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action The 155th division was assigned to 55th 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 and around Kami, Kōchihttp://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/449_507.htm 歩兵第449/450/451/452連隊/155D 2016-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818091253/http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~tigre/gwife2670/butai/449_507.htm 2016-08-18 dead without engaging in actual combat. See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第155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