107th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 107th Division 第107師団 1944–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 44th army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry Arxan Koichi Abe Lull division Soviet invasion of Manchuria 107th Division 1945 44th army *90. Infantry regiment (Hirosaki) 177. Infantry regiment (Hirosaki) 178. Infantry regiment (Aomori) 107. Reconnaissance regiment 107. Field artillery regiment 107. Engineer regiment 107. Transport regiment 107. Airborne company 107. Signals company 107. Ordnance company 107. Veterinary department 107. Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department The 107th Division 第107師団 Dai-hyakunana Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Lull Division 凪兵団 Nagi Heidan. It was formed 16 May 1944 in Arxan as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the 7th independent mixed regiment. The division was permanently assigned to the 44th army. Action During a Soviet invasion of Manchuria the 107th division was ordered to march 600 km from Arxan to Changchun 12 August 1945. 14 August 1945, the advance elements of the 107th division were ambushed by the Soviet armoured regiment. 15 August 1945 the 107th division was cut from all communications, including radio, and fled to the Inder in Jalaid Banner mountainous region, breaking a contact with Soviet forces. The contact was re-established 25 August 1945, and the division formally surrendered 27 August 1945. During the fighting, about 1500 division members perished. A further 2000 never returned after being taken prisoner by the Soviet Union. Although a small fraction of the prisoners returned to Japan in 1949, the majority were not released until 1956.http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/glossary_en/term/0100-0040-0070-0010-0010-0020-0080-0020.html 107th Division (Man/Nagi)｜Post-World War Two Demobilization and Repatriation JACAR jacar.go.jp 2016-06-26 See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第107師団 (日本軍), accessed 27 June 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 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1944 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan