119th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 119th Division 第119師団 1944–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Fourth Army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry Hailar Slaughter division Soviet invasion of Manchuria 119th Division 1945 Fourth Army * 253. Infantry Regiment (Tokyo) 254. Infantry Regiment (Tokyo) 255. Infantry Regiment (Ichikawa) 119. Reconnaissance Regiment 119. Field Artillery Regiment 119. Engineer Regiment 119. Transport Regiment 119. Airborne Company 119. Signals Company 119. Chemical Warfare Company The 119th Division 第119師団 Dai-hyakujūkyū Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Slaughter Division 宰兵団 Sai Heidan. It was formed 10 November 1944 in Heilongjiang as a triangular division. The nucleus for the formation was the leftovers of 23rd Division and the 8th Borders Guards Garrison. The division was initially assigned to the Sixth Army. Action Initially the 119th Division was garrisoning Hailar, but on 25 January 1945 was reassigned to Fourth Army without changing location. During Soviet invasion of Manchuria the 119th division surrendered on 16 August 1945 and was disarmed by 3 September 1945. The last soldiers taken prisoner by the Red Army were returned to Japan in 1968.119th Division (Sai) See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第119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 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1944 establishments in Japan Category:1945 disestablishments in Japan