2nd Guards Division (Japan)
- 2nd Guards Division (Japan)
The Imperial Japanese Army's nihongo|2nd Guards Division|近衛第2師団|Konoe Dai-ni Shidan was renumbered from the Imperial Guards Division in June 1943, when the 1st Guards Division was activated.
Its organization was:
2nd Guards Division
* 3rd Guards Infantry Regiment
* 4th Guards Infantry Regiment
* 5th Guards Infantry Regiment
* Guards Recon Regiment
* 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment
* 2nd Guards Field Engineer Regiment
* Support units.
References
* Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981.
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