114th Division (Japanese Empire)

114th Division
active	October 12, 1937 to 1945
Country	Japanese Empire
Armed forces	Japanese armed forces
Armed forces	Japanese army
Branch of service	infantry
Type	division
Strength	1937: 20,000 1944: 12,000
Insinuation	10th Army Central China Expeditionary Army Regional Army North China 1st Army
Location	Utsunomiya
Nickname	Shō-heidan ( 将兵 団 , "General Division")
Butcher	Second Sino-Japanese War Battle for Nanking Battle of North and East Henan

The 114th Division ( Japanese 第 114 師 団 , Dai-hyakujūyon Shidan ) was a division of the Imperial Japanese Army , which was set up and disbanded twice between 1937 and 1945. Your Tsūshōgō code (military code name) was General Division ( 将兵 団 , Shō-heidan ) or Shō 14591 or Shō 14601 .

History of unity

The 114th Division was set up on October 12, 1937 under the command of Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu as the Karree Division and consisted of the 127th  Brigade (66th and 115th  Infantry Regiments ) and the 128th Brigade (102nd and 150th Infantry Regiment ). Infantry regiment) and the 118th  cavalry - regiment , 120th  field artillery regiment and the 114th  pioneer - and transport regiment. The headquarters of the 20,000 strong division was in Utsunomiya , Japanese Empire .

After the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out on July 7, 1937 , the 114th Division of the 10th Army was subordinated. On November 5, 1937, the 114th Division landed with the other units in Hangzhou Bay, southeast of Shanghai .

After the end of the fighting for Shanghai in late November 1937, the division advanced in the direction of Nanking , the capital of the Republic of China . From December 1, she took part in the Battle of Nanking . After taking the city, units of the division took part in the Nanking massacre .

Following the events around and in Nanking, the 10th Army and its subordinate units were disbanded and the 114th Division was assigned to the newly formed Central China Expeditionary Army. With this she took part in the battle for north and east Henan . In July 1939 the 114th Division was disbanded for the first time.

In September 1944 it was re-established as a Type C "Brigade" / "Special" Division, this time in Linfen . The teams were taken from the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 69th Division , from which eight Independent Infantry Battalions were established, bringing the division's nominal strength to just under 12,000 men. The division remained in northern China until the end of the war and was responsible for securing supply routes.

In September 1945 the division was disbanded.

structure

1937-1939

Formation on October 12, 1937 as a square division as follows:

• 127th Brigade
  • 66th Infantry Regiment
  • 115th Infantry Regiment
• 128th Brigade
  • 102nd Infantry Regiment
  • 150th Infantry Regiment
• 118th Cavalry Regiment
• 120th Field Artillery Regiment
• 114th Engineer Regiment
• 114th Transport Regiment

Total strength: approx. 20,000 men

1944-1945

In September 1944 it was re-established as a Type C "Brigade" / "Special" Division as follows:

• 114th Infantry Division Staff (250 men)
  • 83rd Infantry Brigade Staff (150 men)
    • 199th Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
    • 200th Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
    • 201st Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
    • 202nd Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
  • 84th Infantry Brigade Staff (150 men)
    • 381st Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
    • 382nd Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
    • 383rd Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
    • 384th Independent Infantry Battalion (1220 men)
  • 114th Engineer Unit (250 men)
  • 114.Signal unit (140)
  • 114th Transport Unit (800 men)
  • 114th Veterinary Hospital (approx. 80 men)
  • 114th Medical Unit (500 men)

Total strength: approx. 12,080 men

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Division commanders

• Suematsu Shigeharu, Lieutenant General: October 12, 1937 - March 9, 1939
• Numata Tokushige, Lieutenant General: March 9, 1939 - August 12, 1939
• Nakadai Toyojirō, Major General: July 14, 1944 - October 14, 1944
• Miura Saburō, Lieutenant General: October 14, 1944 - September 1945

See also

• Divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army

Web links

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

literature

• John Underwood: The Japanese Order of Battle in World War II, Vol I , The Nafziger Collection, Inc., 1999, ISBN 978-1-58545-044-2
• Victor Madej: Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle 1937–1945, Volume I + II , Game Marketing Company, 1981
• Leland Ness: Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937–1945 , Helion & Company, 2014, ISBN 978-1-909982-00-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Madej, p. 111
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Underwood, p. 74
3. ↑ 第 10 軍. (No longer available online.) Organization of IJA, archived from the original on April 20, 2015 ; accessed on December 30, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Yenne, p. 54
5. ↑ Marco Polo Bridge. Quingdao News, accessed December 30, 2014 .