56. divize [1940-1945]

56th Division



115th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Reconnaissance Regiment
56th Artillery Regiment (36x 75mm mountain guns)
56th Engineer Regiment
56th Signal Unit
56th Transport Regiment

Zloženie divízie in the final phase of the summon exitencie



* Nb. in zátvorke is referred to the unit commander

the commander of the group pechoty - - 11.1941 – 6.1943 gen. mjr. Sakaguchi Shizuo
08.04.1943-10.05.1944 gen. mjr. Kitagawa Kazuo
10.05.1943-04.08.1944 gen. mjr. Minakami Genzo
source


ja.wikipedia.org.

With the establishment of the sa decided in August 1940 to bola once with divízii that mali, albeit rozmiestnené system set permanently in Manchuria.

Divízia is aktivovavná in Kurume.

Members divízie are recruited from prefektúr Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki.

Spočiatku is divízia zaradená ako súčasť organizácie západnej army.

In novembri 1941 is podriadená 25. the army and participating in the sa operácii in Malaysia and from marca 1942 is podriadená 15. the army to fight in Burme. Divízia sa participates successfully invázie to Burma.

. After obsadenú Rangoon divízia sa stretáva in the fight so forces Kuomingtangu in the battle Toungoo. After obsadení city divízia zatláča spojencov to the east, postupujúc through the mountains to the rieke Salween in Karenn States.

Subsequently divízia poráža chinese 6. choir in množstve small konfliktov and prinúti Čínske forces ustúpiť east, to Yunnan.

Divízia postupujúc through the Shan States poráža Chinese 65. the choir obsadzuje city Lashio, ležiace on the Burma Road, which was vitálna pre zásobovanie Čínskych povstalcov.

Subsequently divízia progresses to the province of Yunnan, prićom prenasleduje Čínske forces, but sa stops at rieke Salween.

Sakaguchiho detašmán

In októbri 1941 sa vytvára within divízie Sakaguchiho detaśmán under the command of gen. mjr. Shizuo Sakaguchiho zostavený of 1. battalion 146. pešieho regiment and 56. the regiment polného delostrelkectva. This detašmán bol from decembra 1941 responsible for the protection of japanese vylodených forces at Davao, Mindanao, Philippines. Detašmán bol podriadený 16. the army in the Dutch východných Indiách. Detašmán sa participates in the obsadení Borneo and vykonáva vylodenie on Kuragan, together with 48. divíziou. Obsadzuje dôležitý port Cilacap port In apríly 1942 sa detašmán again vracia under 56. divíziu.

Subsequently it is divízia poverená zabezpečovaním security in severných provinciách, pri hraniciach with China in the area of the Yunnan province. The sa participates in the battle in januári 1944 Yunnanských expedičných forces against Čínskym forces.

To all the army sa divízia sťahuje smerom to hraniciam with Thajskom.

source
ja.wikipedia.org.