57th Division (Japanese Empire)
57th Division |
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active | July 10, 1940 to 1945 |
Country | Japanese Empire |
Armed forces | Japanese armed forces |
Armed forces | Japanese army |
Branch of service | infantry |
Type | division |
Strength | approx. 20,000-25,000 |
Insinuation |
3rd Army 56th Army |
Location | Hirosaki |
Nickname | Oku-heidan ( 奥 兵 団 , "inner division") |
Butcher | Second Sino-Japanese War |
The 57th Division ( Japanese 第 57 師 団 , Dai-gojūnana 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 Interior Division ( 奥 兵 団 , Oku-heidan ).
History of unity
The 57th Division was as at July 10, 1940 Type A "reinforced" Division as Triangular Division set up and consisted mainly of the 57th Infantry - Brigade (52., 117. and 152. Regiment) and the 57th Reconnaissance Regiment, 57th division artillery group and the 57th pioneer - and transport regiment. The headquarters of the approximately 25,000 strong division was in Hirosaki , Japan .
During the Second Sino-Japanese War , which had been raging since 1937 , the 51st Division was transferred to Manchuria in mid-1941 , where it was subordinated to the 3rd Army of the Kwantung Army . Stationed in Bei'an , it was primarily used as a garrison unit and was not involved in any combat operations.
Towards the end of the Second World War , the division was relocated to Japan in anticipation of an Allied landing ( Operation Downfall ) and was there under the 56th Army on Kyushu .
In September 1945 the 57th Division was disbanded.
structure
The 57th Division was set up as a Type A "Reinforced" Division as a Triangular Division as follows:
- 57th Infantry Division headquarters (approx. 410 men)
- 57th Infantry Brigade Staff (approx. 100 men)
- 52nd Infantry Regiment (approx. 4830 men)
- 117th Infantry Regiment (approx. 4830 men)
- 152nd Infantry Regiment (approx. 4830 men)
- 57. reconnaissance regiment
- Staff (approx. 30 men)
- mounted (approx. 300 men)
- Type 92 tankettes (approx. 100 men)
- 1st motorized company (approx. 160 men)
- 2nd motorized company (approx. 160 men)
- Supply company (approx. 100 men)
- 57th Division Artillery Group, staff (approx. 178 men)
- 57th Field Artillery Regiment staff (approx. 265 men)
- 1st Battalion (8 × 75 mm guns, 4 × 105 mm howitzers (approx. 685 men))
- 2nd Battalion (8 × 75 mm guns, 4 × 105 mm howitzers (approx. 685 men))
- 3rd Battalion (8 × 75 mm guns, 4 × 105 mm howitzers (approx. 685 men))
- 57th Engineer Regiment (approx. 900 men)
- 57.Signal and telecommunication unit (approx. 220)
- 57th Transport Regiment (approx. 2820 men)
- 57th Supply Company (approx. 185 men)
- 57th Field Hospital (three field hospitals with approx. 250 men each)
- 57th water supply and treatment unit (approx. 160 men)
- 57th Veterinary Hospital (approx. 100 men)
- 57th Medical Unit (approx. 1000 men)
- 57th Infantry Brigade Staff (approx. 100 men)
Total strength: approx. 24,565 men
guide
Division commanders
- Itotomo Tsuyoshi, Lieutenant General: July 10 (August 1?) 1940 - October 15, 1941
- Kusumoto Sanetaka, Lieutenant General: October 15, 1941 - March 11, 1943
- Uemura Mikio, Lieutenant General: March 11, 1943 - March 23, 1945
- Yano Masao, Lieutenant General: March 23, 1945 - September 1945
See also
Web links
- The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Initial Japanese Army Order of Battle. Retrieved April 2, 2015 . , English
- Organization of Japanese Infantry Divisions 1939-1945. cgsc.edu, accessed May 1, 2015 . PDF
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
- Gordon Rottman: Japanese Army in World War II (The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942–43). Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-8417-6870-0
- Louis G. Perez: Japan at War: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2013, ISBN 978-1-5988-4741-3