33. divize [1939-1945]

33. divize


213. pěší pluk
214. pěší pluk
215. pěší pluk
33. horský dělostřelecký pluk (36x 75mm horská děla)
33. ženijní pluk
33. spojovací jednotka
33. transportní pluk

¹⁾ Divizné units in januári 1942



²⁾ 4x105mm and 4x150 mm does (4 X 105 and 4 X 150mm guns)
³⁾ water transport (water transport)
⁴⁾ one company of 75mm protilietadlových ' twas (one company of 75mm AA guns)

notes

Anti-tank does and čata ľahkých taknov sa partakers of the Slovak shares 6.3.1942 u Pegu. Does are captured company of the 1st West Yorks, with the support of machines.

3 Japanese tanks from tankovej čaty podriadenej divízii, they are quickly vyradené of combat Stuartami 7. Husárov. 4. the tank is stratený I predošle, during the transition cez rieku Sittang. The main part of the unit ostáva in Thailand, however, tieto 4 machines boli posted after vlastnej axis smerom to burma from Thailand.

Preukázané vojnoé crimes

The members 33. divízie, namely, 3. battalion 215. the regiment pechoty along with the Kempeitai (military polícia) was murdered approximately 600 civilistov in Kalagong, Burma. The events occurred 7.7.1945 during protipovstaleckej shares.



source
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8291
http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/index.htm
Allen, Louis (1986). Burma: the Longest War 1941-45
orbat.com
Raymond Lamont-Brown - Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police .

Divízia was built in such a way in Utsunomiya, prefecture Tochigibut with velitelstvom in Sendai, prefektúra Miyagi. Divízia bola consisting of big parts of the vojakov základnej services zo severného Kanto, prefektúry Tochigi, Ibaraki and Gunma.

Spočiatku is pridelená 11. the army in centrálnej China and participating in the sa Slovak battles in Changsha. Is pridelená to China, to provide poriadok in the occupied teritóriách. From počiatku 1941 is divízia dislokovaná in Shanxi province, severná China. 6.11.1941 is divízia presunutá to 15. army and under the command gen. por. Shozo Sakurai sa participates in invázie to British Burma. Divízia progresses in Burma zo Siam, where sa predtým nachádzala in Bangkok. The first significant akciou Burmskej campaign is the battle of Akyab.

Divízia will suffer defeat in the battle of Yenangyaung. In nasledovnom period is one of the kľúčových divízii in the battle of Imphal, where bola totally ruined it prvolíniová fighting force.

Divízia in the battle of Imphal

In 1943 bolo Japanese velenie in Burme rorganizované. Velenie Army Burmeskej zone bolo zverené gen. por. Masakasu Kawabemu. 15. army at this time, is dislokovaná in Nagaland and Assam, just to touch with the British India and in charge of it a new veliteľ, gen. por. Renya Mutaguchi. V rovnakom time is poverený command 28. the army, in južnej Burme gen. por. Sakurai and at the head of 33. divízie him strieda gen. por. Genzo Yanagida.

Mutaguchi planned and subsequently at velenia presadil operáciu U-Go, ktorej cieľom bola invázia into British India. Plan vychádzal founded, that after the begun invázie cez Imphal, subsequently in India vypuknú unrest and obyvateľstvo sa it on the side of the Japanese invazorov.

33. divízia in this operácii mala for the role zničíť Indickú 17. divíziu pechoty in Tiddim and subsequently útočíť to Imphal from juhu. Group pechoty 33. divízii velil gen. mjr. Tsunoru Yamamoto, and vytvára Yamamoto Force, zložené of jednotiek 33. and 15. divízie that got for the role of their mission: to destroy the forces of the Indian 20. divízie pechoty in Tamu and subsequently útočiť on Imphal from the east. Zatiaľ what 15. divízia pechoty under the command gen. por. Masafumi Yamauchi mala for the role uzavrieť Imphal zo north and 31. divízia pechoty under the command gen. por. Kotoku Sato mala vykonať podpornú operáciu and izolovať Imphal, obsadením Kohimy.

Against this plan the sa built a second velitelia divízii.

Japanese zahjujú attack

In počiatku operácie 33. divízia odreže 17. divíziu under the command of gen. mjr. Cowan.

The japanese 215. the regiment pechoty under the command of col. Masahiko Sasahara obsadzuje supply depot Milestone 109, approximately 32 km in tyle for Cowanovými presdunutými stanovišťami.

Japanese 214. the regiment pechoty, under the command of col. By takanobu Sakuma oblieha Tongzang and ridge Tuitum Saddle cez ktorý prechádza the only way nikeľko kilometrov for postavním 17. divízie. Japanese prienik however, I couldn't pokračovať, nakoľko units are 18.3.1944 infested units of the Indian 48. brigade, pričom Japanese utrpia ťažké straty, prićom najurputnejšie fight prebiehajú in loklaite around Milestone 109.

In apríly 33. divízia attacking from juhu in Bishenpur, where odrezáva the second sequence from Silchar. Veliteľ Yanagida started even pessimistic after that, ako zlyhal plan on zničenie 17. divízie and taktiež after that, ako sa dozvedele that one of his plukov bol devastated at Milestone 109. This malo influence on his rozhodnutia and procedure divízie. Divízia begins his shares viiac careful and considered from this dôvodu premeškáva shot at success in Bishenpur who is držaný iba 32. The indian brigade 20. divízie, pričom 17. divízia panted after it ústupe.

When sa this dozvedá Mutaguchi, vymení veliteľa divízie.

Počiatkom maya dochádza to the British counterattack. From počiatku offensive that of the Japanese divízii nedostáva dostatočné stocks (katastrofálna logistics situácia that sa by making that assumption in the priebehu offensive was his favorite kitty dôvodom resistance against ofenzíve) and many of jednotiek boli vyhladovené, many soldiers suffered maláriou and celkovo forces dostatok munície. In this period I was clear that nádeje of success are unrealistic but aj nevertheless, Mutaguchi (and aj Kawabe) nariaďujú obnovenie offensive operácii.

33. divízia is posilnená prapormi of 53. and 54. divízie and velanie is zverená gen. por. Nobuo Tanaka and is divízii nariadená prelomiť position 17. divízie u Bishenpur, but aj dad akcia sa ends neúspechom.

Koncom maya velitelia divízii odmietajú obnoviť attacks on Imphal, nakoľko Japanese divízie nie su in stave splniť requested orders to attack. Mutaguchimu nezostáva nothing iné ako nariadiř 3.7.1943 nariadiť zastavenie offensive.

The japanese are getting pummeled for rieku Chindwin, prićom on ústupe zanechávajú mainly buy air units, transport ako aj patients and ranených vojakov, ktorý nie are able to go along. Defeat in bojoch of Kohima and Imphal is najväčšou the defeat of the Japanese troops in the story in this.

The japanese army lost 55.000 vojakov, pričom fell 13.500.

Neskoršie pôsobenie and the end of the war

After katastrofálnej ofenzíve and ústupe is divízia renewed on the strength of about 10,000 mužov.

When sa starts allied offensive smerom to centrálnej Burma, divízia is stiahnutá for rieku Irrawaddy.

No voj 33. divízie utrpuje ťažké straty brániac riečny port Monywa on the rieke Chindwin river. During the battle of vo februári and marci, the allies prekračujú Irrawaddy and 33. divízia taken dôležitý riečny port Myingyan.

Port isn't priamo attacked, but allies vytvárajú predmostia east ako aj zádne from neha and 33. divízia holding the port up to dokiaľ not väčšina 15. army on the ústupe.
33. divízia suffer ďalšie straty during its attempt to retreat smerom on jun. Koncom war divízia gives way to juh Burma to the Moulmein.

Divízia terminates pôsobenie in Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand.

During the whole Burmskej campaign divízia have suffered straty 22,316 mužov, zahrnujúc 15.033 fallen.

source
en.wikipedia.org
http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/index.htm
Allen, Louis (1986). Burma: the Longest War 1941-45.

33. divízia during the battle of Imphal (operácia U-Go)

Veliteľ divízie gen. por. Genzo Yanagida - to 16.5.1944
gen. mjr. Nobuo Tanaka 16.5.1944 – 27.6.1944
gen. por. Nobuo Tanaka from 27.6.1944
Veliteľ group pechoty gen. mjr. And. Yamamoto
Chief of staff col. Tetsujiro Tanaka

the commander of the group pechoty DD.MM.1941-DD.MM.1943 Araki Masatsugi
DD.MM.1943-13.03.1943 Endo Shinichi



Nb
⁵⁾ the procedure right? / right corps
⁶⁾ the procedure at the centre? / Corps of charge
⁷⁾ the procedure vľavo? / left corps
⁸⁾ náležiaci 53. divízii to / from 53rd Division
⁹⁾ náležiaci 15. divízii to / from 15th Division
¹⁰⁾ náležiaci 54. divízii to / from 54th division
source
Allen, Louis (1986). Burma: the Longest War 1941-45
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8291
ja.wikipedia.org.