41st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
41st Division | |
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Active | 1939–45 |
Country | Shimizu Tsunenori, Heisuke Abe |
The 41st Division (第41師団, Dai-yonjūichi Shidan) was an
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 41st Division was raised as a triangular division on 30 June 1939 in Utsunomiya, Japan,[2] simultaneously with 38th, 39th and 40th Divisions.[citation needed] Its main combat elements were the 237th, 238th and 239th Infantry Regiments. Other units assigned to the division included the 41st Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 41st Engineer Regiment and the 41st Transport Regiment.[3]
On 2 October 1939, the 41st Division under the command of Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe was assigned to 1st Army in North China.[1] The division's first deployment was to Shanxi province to provide a garrison coverage.[citation needed]
Upon the outbreak of the
In November 1942 the division, under the command of Lieutenant General
Notes
- ^ a b "41 Division (Japan)". Axis History Factbook. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ Rottman 2005, p. 11.
- ^ Rottman 2005, p. 15.
- ^ a b Budge, Kent G. "Japanese Order of Battle, Part 1". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ a b Tanaka 1980, p. 48
References
- Rottman, Gordon L. (2005). Duncan Anderson (ed.). Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942–43. Oxford and New York: Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-870-7.
- Tanaka, Kengoro (1980). Operations of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in the Papua New Guinea Theater During World War II. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Papua New Guinea Goodwill Society. OCLC 9206229.
Further reading
- Madej, Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945. Allentown, PA: Game Publishing Company. OCLC 8930220.