10th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
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Isamu Cho |
The 10th Division (第10師団, Dai-Jū Shidan) was an
Himeji, and its first commander was Lieutenant General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
.
Action
Russo-Japanese War
During the
Battle of the Yalu River (April 1904), Battle of Hsimucheng (July 1904), Battle of Liaoyang (August 1904), Battle of Shaho (October 1904) as part of the 4th army. From 15 January 1905, it came under the command of Lieutenant General Andō Teibi and participated at the Battle of Sandepu and Battle of Mukden.[1]
Second Sino-Japanese War to Pacific War
The 10th Division was deployed back to the Asian continent during the
Mukden Incident of September 1931 and remained stationed in Manchuria afterwards, participating in the Jinzhou Operation
of 1932, and returned to Japan in March 1934.
From July 1937, with the start of the
Tōichi Sasaki, and placed under the control of the Kwantung Army
. For the next few years, it served as a border garrison force and supporting anti-partisan police actions.
However, in 1944, as the situation in the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army. It was mostly annihilated in the subsequent Battle of Luzon, with 39th infantry regiment thought with particular distinction, and continued a guerrilla war until the Surrender of Japan
15 August 1945, despite heavy casualties due tropical diseases and malnutrition.
See also
- List of Japanese Infantry divisions
References
- Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.
- Madej, W. Victor. Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981
- This page incorporates material from the Japanese Wikipedia page 第10師団 (日本軍), accessed 29 January 2016
Notes
- ^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 107.