25th Division (Japanese Empire)

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25th division

active July 10, 1940 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 approx. 15,000
Insinuation 5th Army 16th Regional Army
Location Mudanjiang , Manchuria
Nickname Kuni-heidan ( 国 兵 団 , "Land Division")
Butcher Pacific War

The 25th Division ( Japanese 第 25 師 団 , Dai-nijūgo Shidan ) was a division of the Imperial Japanese Army , which was established in 1940 and disbanded in 1945. Your Tsūshōgō code (military code name) was Land Division ( 国 兵 団 , Kuni-heidan ).

History of unity

The 25th Division was on 10 July 1940 the command of Lieutenant General Kuwahara Shiro as Type A "reinforced" Division as Triangular Division set up and consisted of the 25th  Infantry - Brigade (14th, 40th and 70th  Regiment ) and the 75th  cavalry regiment, 25th division mountain artillery group and 25  pioneer - and transport regiment. The headquarters of the 15,000-strong division was in Mudanjiang , Manchuria and was under the 5th Army ( Kwantung Army ).

In March 1945, in anticipation of the expected Allied landing , the division was transferred to Japan , where it was subordinate to the 16th Regional Army and was disbanded in September 1945 without being involved in combat operations.

structure

The 25th division was set up as a type A "reinforced" division as a triangular division as follows:

  • 25th Infantry Division Staff (90 men)
    • 25th Infantry Brigade Staff (100 men)
      • 14th Infantry Regiment (3,147 men)
      • 40th Infantry Regiment (3,147 men)
      • 70th Infantry Regiment (3,147 men)
    • 25th Division Artillery Group Staff (178 men)
      • 25th Mountain Artillery Regiment Staff (265 men)
      • 1st Battalion (6 × Type 41 75 mm mountain guns , 6 × 105 mm howitzers (685 men))
      • 2nd Battalion (6 × Type 41 75 mm mountain guns, 6 × 105 mm howitzers (685 men))
      • 3rd Battalion (6 × Type 41 75 mm mountain guns, 6 × 105 mm howitzers (685 men))
    • 75th Cavalry Regiment (304 men)
    • 25. Signal unit (178)
    • 25th Engineer Regiment (401 men)
    • 25th Transport Regiment (507 men)
    • 25th Medical Unit (1101 men)
    • 25th field hospital (two field hospitals with 236 men each)
    • 25. Veterinary hospital (47 men)
    • 25th Supply Company (185 men)
    • 25. Water supply and treatment unit (160 men)

Total strength: 15,484 men

guide

Division commanders

  • Kuwahara Shiro, Lieutenant General: July 10 (August 1?) 1940 - October 15, 1941
  • Akashiba Yaezo, Lieutenant General: October 15, 1941 - October 29, 1943
  • Kato Reiji, Lieutenant General: October 29, 1943 - September 1945

See also

Web links

literature

  • Victor Madej: Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 . Game Publishing, 1981, OCLC 833591372 , OCLC 833591376 .
  • John Underwood: The Japanese Order of Battle in World War II, Vol I . The Nafziger Collection, Inc., 1999, ISBN 978-1-58545-044-2 .
  • Leland Ness: Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945 . Helion & Company, 2014, ISBN 978-1-909982-00-0 .
  • Samuel E. Morison: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 12: Leyte, June 1944-January 1945 . University of Illinois Press, 2002 ISBN 0-252-07063-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Madej, p. 54
  2. ↑ a b Underwood, p. 65