10th Division (Japanese Empire)

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10th division

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The former 10th Division barracks , now the Himeji City Museum of Art .
active October 1, 1898 to 1945
Country JapanJapan Japanese Empire
Armed forces JapanJapan (war flag) Japanese armed forces
Armed forces JapanJapan (war flag) Japanese army
Branch of service infantry
Type division
Strength 15,000-20,000
Location Himeji
Nickname Tetsu-heidan ( 鉄 兵 団 , "iron division")
Butcher Russo-Japanese War
Battle of Hsimucheng
Battle of Liaoyang
Battle of the Shaho
Battle of Sandepu
Battle of Mukden

Mukden Incident
Jinan Incident
Conquest of Jinzhou
Second Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Xuzhou
Battle for Tai'erzhuang
Battle for Wuhan

Second World War

Battle for Luzon

The 10th Division ( Japanese 第 10 師 団 , Dai-jū Shidan ) was a division of the Imperial Japanese Army , which existed from 1898 to 1945. Your Tsūshōgō code (military code name) was Iron Division ( 鉄 兵 団 , Tetsu-heidan ).

General data

The 10th Division was the fourth newly established division after 1888, when, on the recommendation of the Prussian military adviser Jakob Meckel, the first divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army were formed from the six regional commands that had existed since 1871. Responsible for the prefectures Hyōgo , Okayama and Tottori was the headquarters of the approximately 15,000-strong division in Himeji .

History of unity

On October 1, 1898, it was formed as a square division from the 8th Brigade (10th and 40th Infantry Regiment) and 20th Brigade (20th and 39th Infantry Regiment), the 10th Cavalry Regiment and the 10th Infantry Regiment  .  mountain artillery positioned regiment.

Soldiers of the 10th Division leaving the station in Okayama , 1931.

During the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905, the 4th Army (General Nozu Michitsura ) was formed under the command of Lieutenant General Kawamura Kageaki with the landing of the 10th Division on the Liaoyang Peninsula on June 24, 1904 . She immediately went to Liaoyang to take over the 5th Division from the 2nd Army . On July 31, 1904, the battle of Hsimucheng took place , in which the Russian troops were forced to withdraw. Immediately afterwards, the 10th Division (4th Army), together with the 2nd Army, took part in the Battle of Liaoyang . In the same year she also took part in the Battle of the Shaho . On January 15, 1905, General Andō Teibi took command of the division and led them in the battles of Sandepu and Mukden .

In 1928 she was involved in the massacre of the Chinese people in the context of the Jinan incident .

In 1932 she was involved in the conquest of Jinzhou , which shortly afterwards led to the occupation of all of Manchuria .

From 1937 she was involved in the battles for the cities of Xuzhou , Tai'erzhuang and Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese War . In 1939 the division was converted into a triangular division with three regiments. The 40th Infantry Regiment was transferred to the 25th Division . In 1940, after heavy losses, she was transferred back to the puppet state of Manchukuo , where she was subordinated to the Kwantung Army .

During the Pacific War it was stationed in the Philippines and was used, among other things, in the Battle of Luzon , where it was largely destroyed.

structure

1898

  • 8th Brigade
    • 10th Infantry Regiment
    • 40th Infantry Regiment
  • 20th brigade
    • 20th Infantry Regiment
    • 39th Infantry Regiment
  • 10th Cavalry Regiment
  • 10th Mountain Artillery Regiment

1945

  • 10th Infantry Regiment
  • 39th Infantry Regiment
  • 63rd Infantry Regiment
  • 10th Field Artillery Regiment
  • 10th reconnaissance regiment
  • 10th Engineer Regiment
  • 10th Transport Regiment

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Division commanders

  • Fushimi Sadanaru, Lieutenant General: October 1, 1898 - April 2, 1901
  • Kawamura Kageaki, Lieutenant General: April 2, 1901 - January 15, 1905
  • Andō Teibi, Lieutenant General: January 15, 1905 - August 26, 1910
  • Koizumi Shoho, Lieutenant General: August 26, 1910 - February 14, 1912
  • Matsukawa Satoshitane, Major General: February 14, 1912 - August 8, 1914
  • Yamaguchi Masaru, Lieutenant General: August 8, 1914 - August 18, 1916
  • Ono Jitsushin, Lieutenant General: August 18, 1916 - August 9, 1918
  • Kanakubo Mankichi, Lieutenant General: August 9, 1918 - March 11, 1921
  • Ugaki Kazushige, Lieutenant General: March 11, 1921 - May 13, 1922
  • Kamiatama Katsuya, Lieutenant General: May 13, 1922 - February 4, 1924
  • Fukuhara Yoshiya, Lieutenant General: February 4, 1924 - March 2, 1926
  • Hasegawa Naotoshi, Lieutenant General: March 2, 1926 - February 29, 1928
  • Honjo Shigeru, Lieutenant General: February 29, 1928 - August 1, 1931
  • Hirose Kotobuki, Lieutenant General: August 1, 1931 - June 28, 1934
  • Yoshitsugu Tatekawa Lieutenant General: June 28, 1934 - December 2, 1935
  • Matsura, Junrokuro Lieutenant General: December 2, 1935 - March 1, 1937
  • Rensuke Isogai, Lieutenant General: March 1, 1937 - June 18, 1938
  • Shinozuka Yoshio, Lieutenant General: June 18, 1938 - September 7, 1939
  • Sasaki Toichi, Lieutenant General: September 7, 1939 - March 1, 1941
  • Sogawa Jiro, Lieutenant General: March 1, 1941 - January 7, 1944
  • Okamoto Yasuyuki, Lieutenant General: January 7, 1944 - September 1945

See also

literature

Web links

  • 師 団 Ⅰ. Organization of IJA, accessed January 2, 2015 . , Japanese

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 師 団 Ⅰ. (No longer available online.) Organization of IJA, archived from the original on November 14, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 .
  2. ↑ US General Staff, p. 106
  3. ^ The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Osprey Publishing, p. 42 ff.
  4. ^ Kowner, p. 106