55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
- 55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
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IJA Fifty Fifth Division was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.
History
The 55th Division participated in the invasion of Burma during the Burma Campaign.
General Officers 55th Division
* 1940 - 1941 Lieutenant-General Torazo Ishimoto
* 1941 - 1942 Lieutenant-General Hiroshi Takeuchi, Thailand-Burma
* 1942 - 1943 Lieutenant-General Takeshi Koga, Burma
* 1943 - 1945 Lieutenant-General Tadashi Hanaya, Burma
* 1945 Lieutenant-General Ryozo Sakuma, Burma-Indochina
Organization
55th Division
* 55th Infantry Brigade Group
** 112th Infantry Regiment
** 143th Infantry Regiment
** 144th Infantry Regiment
* 55th Cavalry Regiment
* 55th Mountain Artillery Regiment
** 3 battalions of 9 X 75mm Mountain guns each
* 55th Engineer Regiment
* 55th Transport Regiment
ee also
* List of Japanese Infantry Divisions
Reference and further reading
* Ian Grant and Kauzuo Tamayama, Burma 1942, Zampi Press, Chichester, 1999. ISBN 0-9521083-1-3
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