| Název: Name: | 18. divize | 18th Division |
| Originální název: Original Name: | 第18師団 | |
| Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 09.09.1937 | |
| Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 18. divize 1) | 18th Division 1) |
| Datum zániku: Disbanded: | DD.09.1945 | |
| Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
| Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | 20.10.1937-14.02.1938 10. armáda 14.02.1938-12.09.1938 Expediční armáda Centrální Čína 12.09.1938-09.02.1940 21. Armáda 09.02.1940-05.07.1941 Armáda jihočínské zóny 05.07.1941-06.11.1941 23. Armáda 06.11.1941-DD.03.1942 25. Armáda DD.03.1942-08.04.1944 15. Armáda 08.04.1944-DD.09.1945 33. Armáda | 20.10.1937-14.02.1938 10th Army 14.02.1938-12.09.1938 Central China Expeditionary Army 12.09.1938-09.02.1940 21st Army 09.02.1940-05.07.1941 South China Area Army 05.07.1941-06.11.1941 23rd Army 06.11.1941-DD.03.1942 25th Army DD.03.1942-08.04.1944 15th Army 08.04.1944-DD.09.1945 33rd Army |
| Dislokace: Deployed: | 09.09.1937-DD.MM.RRRR Kurume DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR ?, Čína DD.MM.1941-DD.MM.1941 ?, Malaysia DD.MM.1941-DD.MM.1941 Singapore DD.MM.1941-DD.MM.RRRR ?, Burma DD.MM.RRRR-DD.09.1945 Južná Burma | |
| Velitel: Commander: | 11.09.1937-15.07.1938 Ushijima, Sadao (Rikugun Čújó / Rikugun Chujo) 15.07.1938-10.02.1940 Kuno, Seiichi (Rikugun Čújó / Rikugun Chujo) 10.02.1940-10.04.1941 Hyakutake, Harukichi (Rikugun Čújó / Rikugun Chujo) 10.04.1941-18.03.1943 Mutaguchi, Renya (Rikugun Čújó / Rikugun Chujo) 18.03.1943-22.09.1944 Tanaka, Shinichi (Rikugun Čújó / Rikugun Chujo) 22.09.1944-DD.MM.1945 Naka, Eitaro (Rikugun Čújó / Rikugun Chujo) | |
| Náčelník štábu: Chief of Staff: | 11.09.1937–05.09.1939 Kofuji, Satoshi (Rikugun Taisa / 陸軍大佐) 10.11.1941-11.09.1942 Michinori, Shiraishi (Rikugun Šósa / Rikugun Shosa) | |
| Podřízené jednotky: Subordinated Units: | 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 štáb divízie 09.09.1937-DD.MM.1941 23. pešia brigáda 09.09.1937-DD.MM.1941 35. pešia brigáda 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 18. pluk horského delostrelectva 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 22. prapor kavalerie 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 12. ženijný pluk 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 12. prepravný pluk DD.MM.RRRR-DD.09.1945 Divizná komunikačná jednotka DD.MM.1941-DD.09.1945 55. peší pluk 2) DD.MM.1941-DD.09.1945 56. peší pluk 2) DD.MM.1941-DD.09.1945 114.peší pluk 2) 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 ? | 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 HQ 09.09.1937-DD.MM.1941 23rd Infantry Brigade 09.09.1937-DD.MM.1941 35th Infantry Brigade 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 22nd Cavalry Battalion 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 12th Engineer Regiment 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 12th Trasport Regiment DD.MM.RRRR-DD.09.1945 Divisionary Comunication Unit DD.MM.1941-DD.09.1945 55th Infantry Regiment 2) DD.MM.1941-DD.09.1945 56th Infantry Regiment 2) DD.MM.1941-DD.09.1945 114th Infantry Regiment 2) 09.09.1937-DD.09.1945 ? |
| Čestný název: Honorary Name: | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR |
| Vyznamenání: Decorations: | DD.MM.RRRR | |
| Poznámka: Note: | 1) rozspustená v 1925 2) združené do skupiny pechoty 18. divízie, rozpustenej 14.11.1944 - bojová sila cca 30.000 mužov - alias Krysamtéma 菊 - štvorcová divízia do roku 1941, potom trojuholníková | 1) disbanded at 1925 2) 18th Infantry Group, demobilised 14.11.1944 - strenght cca 30.000 efectives - alias - Chrysanthemum 菊 - square division until 1941, later triangular division |
| Zdroje: Sources: | en.wikipedia.org ja.wikipedia.org http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258 | |
18. divize [1937-1945]
第18師団 / 18th Division
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55. pěší pluk
56. pěší pluk
114. pěší pluk
18. horský dělostřelecký pluk (36x 75mm horská děla)
12. ženijní pluk
18. spojovací jednotka
12. transportní pluk
Reklama
| the JAPANESE EMPIRE | 18. Division |
|---|---|
| Date of creation | 13.11.1907 Kurume 01.05.1925 - cancelled ( deactivated ) 09.09.1937 Kurume - re-formed |
| Predecessor | --- |
| sunset Date | 30.09.1945 |
| Follower | --- |
| Parent headquarters | 20.10.1937 10. Army 14.02.1938 Expeditionary army Central China 12.09.1938 21. Army 09.02.1940 Jihočínská military circle 05.07.1941 23. Army 06.11.1941 25. Army ??.03.1942 15. Army 08.04.1944 33. Army |
| Dislocation | --- |
| Commanders | 04.06.1915 - 25.07.1919 Shiba, Katsusaburo 25.07.1919 - 15.08.1922 Kozan, Kimimichi 15.08.1922 - 01.05.1925 Kanaya, Hanzo 11.09.1937 - 25.07.1938 Ushijima, Sadao 25.07.1938 - 10.02.1940 Kuno, Seiichi 10.02.1940 - 10.04.1941 Hyakutake, Seikichi 10.04.1941 - 18.03.1943 Mutaguchi, Renya 18.03.1943 - 22.09.1944 Tanaka, Shinichi 22.09.1944 - 30.09.1945 Naka, Eitaro |
| Subordinate units | --- |
| Springs | http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258 |
| Literature | |
Pôvodné zloženie divízie on začiatku summon existencie, ever explored bola zložená ako štvorcová divízia. With this štruktúrou existed until vypuknutia war with the US.
In jeseni 1941 is divízia reorganizovaná on the triangulárnu štruktúru and it zloženie is nasledovné
zloženie velenia divízie koncom it existencie
commander divízie: gen. por. Naka Eitaro
chief of staff: col. Yoshiaki Shirasaki
• operačný chief: mjr. Yasuo Mitsuhashi
• a member of staff: mjr. Tadashi Suzuki (鈴木重直)
• a member of staff: mjr. Jihei? (正宝治平)
main adjutant: mjr. Inose, Shigeo
main účtovník: col. financ. Kimura ? (木村烝逸)
chief surgeon: col. surgeon Dr. Ohashi? (大橋要人)
chief veterinary use: colonel. Takashi Sasaki (佐々木孝仕)
the commander of the group pechoty
1943 – 1944 gen. mjr. Aida Shunji
source
ja.wikipedia.org
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258
L. Allen - Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945.
| unit | unit |
|---|---|
| 23. pešia brigade about 55. a walking regiment about 56. a walking regiment | 23rd Infantry Brigade about 55th Infantry Regiment about 56th Infantry Regiment |
| 35. pešia brigade about 114. a walking regiment 124. a walking regiment | 35th Infantry Brigade about 114th Infantry Regiment about the 124th Infantry Regiment |
| 18. regiment mountain delostrelectva | 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment |
| 22. battalion cavalry | 22nd Cavalry Battalion |
| 12. ženijný regiment | 12th Engineer Regiment |
| 12. prepravný regiment | 12th Transport Regiment |
In jeseni 1941 is divízia reorganizovaná on the triangulárnu štruktúru and it zloženie is nasledovné
| unit | unit |
|---|---|
| Group pechoty 18. divízie • 55. a walking regiment • 56. a walking regiment • 114. a walking regiment | the 18th Division Infantry Group • 55th Infantry Regiment • 56th Infantry Regiment • 114th Infantry Regiment |
| 18. regiment mountain delostrelectva | 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment |
| 22. battalion cavalry | 22nd Cavalry Battalion |
| 12. ženijný regiment | 12th Engineer Regiment |
| 12. prepravný regiment | 12th Transport Regiment |
| Divizná komunikačná unit | Divisionary Comunication Unit |
zloženie velenia divízie koncom it existencie
commander divízie: gen. por. Naka Eitaro
chief of staff: col. Yoshiaki Shirasaki
• operačný chief: mjr. Yasuo Mitsuhashi
• a member of staff: mjr. Tadashi Suzuki (鈴木重直)
• a member of staff: mjr. Jihei? (正宝治平)
main adjutant: mjr. Inose, Shigeo
main účtovník: col. financ. Kimura ? (木村烝逸)
chief surgeon: col. surgeon Dr. Ohashi? (大橋要人)
chief veterinary use: colonel. Takashi Sasaki (佐々木孝仕)
the commander of the group pechoty
1943 – 1944 gen. mjr. Aida Shunji
source
ja.wikipedia.org
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258
L. Allen - Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945.
18. divízia bola znovuzostavená in septembri 1937 in Kurume. Started breaking out the second Sino Japanese war and divízia sa gets along with 114. divíziou under velenie 10. army ako to backup. In the context of this conflict sa participates in the battle of Shanghai.
Taktiež sa podieľa at the battle of Nanjing and následnom masakri after his recharge, ako aj another operácii in China and koncom war in septembri 1938 operácie in Canton. Here divízia vykonáva attack against Čínskym units zo gulf. At this time it is podriadená Chinese expedičnej the army.
In 1941 the sa divízia nachádza under the command gen. por. Renya Mutaguchi and is again pridelená under velenie 25. army – 11.6.1941. Divízia sa podieľa on invázii to Malaysia and Singapore.
After this campaign is podriadená under 15. army and presunutá on bojisko to Burma, where it is the role of the obsadenie Burma.
In 1943's Mutaguchi vo command striedaný gen. por. Shinichi Tanaka and divízia is presunutá under velenie 33. army with operačnými roles in the severnej Burme, where the unit suffers straty 3.000 mužov and it of poisoning the food and malarie.
18. divízia zvádza fight with Čínskymi units under the american command, which postupujú to Mogaung and Myitkyina, ako aj against diverzným units, Chindits, which operujú for Japanese líniami. Aj cez ťažké straty, the unit performs the role of spomaľovať procedure spojencov.
114. the regiment sa nachádza in the detašmáne in Myitkyina and will suffer in the bojoch so spojencami straty more than 2,000 mužov.
After nezdare operácie U-Go and in 1944 is at the forefront of divízie vymenený gen. por. Tanaka and strieda him gen por. Eitaro Naka, former chief of staff of the Army Burmskej zone.
In 1945, the sa divízia participate in the battle in centrélnej part of Burma, where again they suffer ťažké straty, especially in the battle to Meiktila. Divízia terminates bojovú činnosť after kapitulácii in oblastie južnej Burma.
Divízia on počiatku Burmskej the campaign consisted of the 31.444, pričom have suffered straty 20.000 mužov.
source
ja.wikipedia.org
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258
L. Allen - Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945.
![18. divize [1937-1945] - príslušníci 18. divízie, sa vyloďujú v Kota Bharu na Malayskom poloostrove a zahajujú Malayské ťaženie, vylodenie prichádza 1 hod., 5 min. pred začatím vojny s USA
http://sechin.blog.shinobi.jp](https://vcdns.valka.cz/attachments/12801/thumbs/18_div.JPG)
príslušníci 18. divízie, sa vyloďujú v Kota Bharu na Malayskom poloostrove a zahajujú Malayské ťaženie, vylodenie prichádza 1 hod., 5 min. pred začatím vojny s USA
http://sechin.blog.shinobi.jp
Taktiež sa podieľa at the battle of Nanjing and následnom masakri after his recharge, ako aj another operácii in China and koncom war in septembri 1938 operácie in Canton. Here divízia vykonáva attack against Čínskym units zo gulf. At this time it is podriadená Chinese expedičnej the army.
In 1941 the sa divízia nachádza under the command gen. por. Renya Mutaguchi and is again pridelená under velenie 25. army – 11.6.1941. Divízia sa podieľa on invázii to Malaysia and Singapore.
After this campaign is podriadená under 15. army and presunutá on bojisko to Burma, where it is the role of the obsadenie Burma.
In 1943's Mutaguchi vo command striedaný gen. por. Shinichi Tanaka and divízia is presunutá under velenie 33. army with operačnými roles in the severnej Burme, where the unit suffers straty 3.000 mužov and it of poisoning the food and malarie.
18. divízia zvádza fight with Čínskymi units under the american command, which postupujú to Mogaung and Myitkyina, ako aj against diverzným units, Chindits, which operujú for Japanese líniami. Aj cez ťažké straty, the unit performs the role of spomaľovať procedure spojencov.
114. the regiment sa nachádza in the detašmáne in Myitkyina and will suffer in the bojoch so spojencami straty more than 2,000 mužov.
After nezdare operácie U-Go and in 1944 is at the forefront of divízie vymenený gen. por. Tanaka and strieda him gen por. Eitaro Naka, former chief of staff of the Army Burmskej zone.
In 1945, the sa divízia participate in the battle in centrélnej part of Burma, where again they suffer ťažké straty, especially in the battle to Meiktila. Divízia terminates bojovú činnosť after kapitulácii in oblastie južnej Burma.
Divízia on počiatku Burmskej the campaign consisted of the 31.444, pričom have suffered straty 20.000 mužov.
source
ja.wikipedia.org
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258
L. Allen - Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945.
![18. divize [1937-1945] - príslušníci 18. divízie, sa vyloďujú v Kota Bharu na Malayskom poloostrove a zahajujú Malayské ťaženie, vylodenie prichádza 1 hod., 5 min. pred začatím vojny s USA
http://sechin.blog.shinobi.jp](/attachments/12801/18_div.JPG)
príslušníci 18. divízie, sa vyloďujú v Kota Bharu na Malayskom poloostrove a zahajujú Malayské ťaženie, vylodenie prichádza 1 hod., 5 min. pred začatím vojny s USA
http://sechin.blog.shinobi.jp
Reklama
Zloženie divízie in the final phase of the summon exitencie
Nb.: * started from 26.7.1945 / after 26.7.1945 colonel. Matsukawa Nobumasa (松川信正大佐)
In zátvorke is referred to the commander scheduled a unit koncom war
source
ja.wikipedia.org
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258
L. Allen - Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945
http://www.ww2incolor.com/japan/C++_25_.html
.
![18. divize [1937-1945] - na vlakovej stanici pred odchodom na front, 1938](https://vcdns.valka.cz/attachments/12801/thumbs/C_a__25_.jpg)
na vlakovej stanici pred odchodom na front, 1938
| Unit | Unit | |
|---|---|---|
| 55. a walking regiment （col. Shiro Yamazaki） | 55th Infantry Regiemnt （col. Shiro Yamazaki） | 歩兵第55連隊（山崎四郎大佐） |
| 56. a walking regiment （col. Saburo Sato） | 56th Infantry Regiemnt （col. Saburo Sato） | 歩兵第56連隊（佐藤又三郎大佐） |
| 114. a walking regiment （col. Hiroshi Otsuka ） | 114th Infantry Regiemnt （col. Hiroshi Otsuka） | 歩兵第114連隊（大塚宏大佐） |
| 18. regiment mountain delostrelectva （col. Taro Eguchi ）* | 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment （col. Taro Eguchi）* | 山砲兵第18連隊（江口太郎大佐）* |
| 12. ženijný regiment (colonel. Inoue Ichiro ?) | 12th Engineer Battalion (Lt. Col. Inoue Ichiro ?) | 工兵第12連隊(井上義一郎中佐) |
| 12. logistics regiment (colonel. Torakichi Mizutani ) | 12th Logistic Regiment (Lt. Col. Torakichi Mizutani ) | 輜重兵第12連隊 (水谷虎吉中佐) |
| 1. komunikačná squad 18. divízie (kpt. Tatsuo Yamazaki ) | the 18th Division 1st Communication Squadron (Capt. Tatsuo Yamazaki) | 第18師団第1通信隊 (山崎達男大尉) |
| 2. komunikačná squad 18. divízie (mjr. Yohei? ) | the 18th Division 2nd Communication Squadron (Maj. Yohei?) | 第18師団第2通信隊 (土生洋平少佐) |
| submitted medical squad 18. divízie (col. Hironari Ogura) | the 18th Division Medical Squadron (Lt. Col. Hironari Ogura) | 第18師団衛生隊 (小倉弘成中佐) |
| 1. polná nemocnica 18. divízie (mjr. Yukio Suzuki) | the 18th Division 1st Field Hospital (Owner. Yukio Suzuki) | 第18師団第1野戦病院 (鈴木行雄少佐) |
| 2. polná nemocnica 18. divízie (mjr. Ken Osamu Ogyu ) | the 18th Division 2nd Field Hospital (Owner. Ken Osamu Ogyu ) | 第18師団第2野戦病院 (荻生謙修少佐) |
| 3. polná nemocnica 18. divízie (mjr. Susumu Sato) | the 18th Division 3rd Field Hospital (Owner. Susumu Sato) | 第18師団第3野戦病院 (佐藤進少佐) |
| 4. polná nemocnica 18. divízie (mjr. Harada ) | the 18th Division 4th Field Hospital (of the Owner. Harada? ) | 第18師団第4野戦病院 (原田大六少佐) |
| Unit quarantine and zásobovania water (mjr. Yoshikazu Feet) | Cuarantine and Water Supply Unit (Owner. Yoshikazu Feet) | 第18師団防疫給水部 (尾能吉一少佐) |
| Stock of horses 18. divízie ? (mjr.? ) | Horse Disease Depot 18th Infantry Division ? (Maj. ?) | 第18師団病馬廠 (安梅寿永少佐) |
| 13. independent battalion rýchlopalných ' twas () | 13th Indipendent Rapid Fire Guns Battalion () | 独立速射砲第13大隊 () |
| 21. battalion ťažkého polného delostrelectva () | 21st Heavy Field Artillery Battalion () | 野戦重砲兵第21大隊 () |
Nb.: * started from 26.7.1945 / after 26.7.1945 colonel. Matsukawa Nobumasa (松川信正大佐)
In zátvorke is referred to the commander scheduled a unit koncom war
source
ja.wikipedia.org
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8258
L. Allen - Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945
http://www.ww2incolor.com/japan/C++_25_.html
.
![18. divize [1937-1945] - na vlakovej stanici pred odchodom na front, 1938](/attachments/12801/C_a__25_.jpg)
na vlakovej stanici pred odchodom na front, 1938
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