147th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

November 2019 147th Division 第147師団 1945–1945 Empire of Japan Empire of Japan 52nd army Imperial Japanese Army Infantry 8547http://www006.upp.so-net.ne.jp/fortress/yufutsu/yufutsu.htm 勇払平野の防御陣地 2016-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160914004952/http://www006.upp.so-net.ne.jp/fortress/yufutsu/yufutsu.htm 2016-09-14 dead Mobara North protection division none 147th Division 15 August 1945 52nd army *425. Infantry regiment (Asahikawa) 426. Infantry regiment(Asahikawa) 427. Infantry regiment (Asahikawa) 428. Infantry regiment (Asahikawa) 147. Automatic cannon company 147. Artillery company 147. Transport company 147. Signals company 147. Ordnance company 147. Field hospital The 147th Division 第147師団 Dai-hyakuyonjūnana Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Hokkaido Protection Division 護北兵団 Koho Heidan. It was formed 28 February 1945 in Asahikawa as a square division. It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th. Action Initially the 147th division has stayed on Tomakomai positions vacated by 77th Division. After formation of the 147th division was complete, it was assigned to newly created 52nd army and sent to Mobara in Chiba Prefecture. The 147th division was tasked with the coastal defense. The division did not see any combat until surrender of Japan 15 August 1945 except for air raids. Shortage of equipment during 147th division formation was severe. Only one of seven men had rifles, with the balance equipped with bamboo spears, and bayonets were forged from the rails of the Asahikawa Electric Railway.http://fox.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/poverty/1435144484/ 本土決戦の準備の貧弱な実態 13 July 2016 5 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161105040610/http://fox.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/poverty/1435144484/ dead Teiichi Tamura, the commander of the 426th infantry regiment, was executed according to the verdict of the controversial International Military Tribunal for the Far East for his role in the killing of the downed Allied pilot in the course of the Ichinomiya-machi incident.2007年08月14日 私は師団から一杯食ったようだ」と、連隊長が述懐した See also List of Japanese Infantry Divisions Notes and references This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第147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: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