Military unit
212th Division (15 August 1945)
Parent unit Components
516. Infantry regiment (Kurume )
517. Infantry regiment (Fukuoka )
518. Infantry regiment (Ōmura )
212. Mountain artillery regiment
212. Mortar regiment
212. Automatic cannon company
212. Machine gun company
212. Engineer company
212. Transport company
212. Signals company
212. Ordnance company
212. Field hospital
The 212th Division (第212師団 , Dai-nihyakujūni Shidan ) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army . Its call sign was the Kikuchi 32601 division (菊池32601兵団 , Kikuchi 32601 Heidan ) , after Kikuchi, Kumamoto . It was formed on 2 April 1945 in Kurume as a triangular division . It was one of a batch of eight divisions composed of the 201st , 202nd , 205th , 206th , 209th , 212th , 214th and 216th Divisions created as part of the reaction to the Battle of Okinawa .
History
On 11 June 1945, the 212th Division organization and deployment was complete. The 516th and 518th Infantry Regiments, together with service units, were in Tsuno, Miyazaki , while the 517th infantry regiment was in Kurume [ 1] It did not see any combat by the time of the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.
See also
Independent Mixed Brigade
Infantry Division (including guard divisions)
Independent Armored Brigade
Japanese infantry and armored units in Home Islands, 15 August 1945
Notes and references
This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第212師団 (日本軍) , accessed 20 July 2016
Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle , 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.