122nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 122nd Division 第122師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 1st area army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry Mudanjiang Maizuru division Soviet invasion of Manchuria 122nd Division 1945 1st area army *265. Infantry regiment (Tokyo) 266. Infantry regiment (Kōfu) 267. Infantry regiment (Sakura) 124. Field artillery regiment 122. Engineer regiment 122. Transport regiment 122. Airborne (assault) battalion 122. Signals company 122. Ordnance company 122. Veterinary department The 122nd Division 第122師団 Dai-hyakunijūni Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Maizuru Division 舞鶴兵団 Maizuru Heidan. It was formed 16 January in Mudanjiang as a triangular division. It was a part of a batch of eight simultaneously created divisions comprising the 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th and 128th Divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the 4th Independent Border Group and the remnants of the 11th Division. History On 30 March 1945 the 122nd Division formation was complete and it was assigned to the 1st Area Army. It was tasked with garrisoning Mudanjiang. In June–July 1945, part of the division was moved to the Ning'an area. At the start of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria the headquarters of the 122nd division were on the west coast of the Jingpo Lake."RECORD OF OPERATIONS AGAINST SOVIET RUSSIA, EASTERN FRONT (AUGUST 1945)", p. 3-4 The 122nd Division surrendered to the Red Army on 17 August 1945.122nd Division (Maizuru) See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第122師団 (日本軍), accessed 28 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 1945 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1945 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan