3rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army): Difference between revisions

| unit_name = 3rd Division

| image = File:3rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army).jpg

| caption = Headquarterofthe 3rd Division in 1911, [[Nagoya]]

| dates = 1888–1945

| country = {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan]]

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| branch = [[Imperial Japanese Army]]

| type = [[Infantry]]

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| garrison = [[Nagoya, Aichi]], [[Japan]]

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| notable_commanders = [[Taro Katsura]]<br />[[Yoshimichi Hasegawa]]<br />[[Yusaku Uehara]]<br />[[Nobuyoshi Muto]]

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| battles = [[First Sino-Japanese War]]<br />[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br />[[Siberian Intervention]]<br />[[Jinan Incident|Shandong Incident]]<br>[[World War II]]

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{{Infobox command structure

| name = 3rd Division

| date = 1888

| parent =

| subordinate = *5. Infantry brigade

**6. Infantry regiment

**18. Infantry regiment

*6. Infantry brigade

**7. Infantry regiment

**19. Infantry regiment

*3. Cavalry battalion

*3. Artillery battalion

*3. Engineer battalion

*3. Logistics battalion

}}

{{Infobox command structure

| name = 3rd Division

| date = 1937

| parent =

| subordinate = * 5th Infantry Brigade

** 6th Infantry Regiment

** 68th Infantry Regiment

* 29th Infantry Brigade

** [[18th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)|18.]] Infantry regiment

**34. Infantry Regiment

*3. Field Artillery Regiment

*1. Field heavy artillery brigade

**2. Field heavy artillery regiment

**3. Field heavy artillery regiment

*4. Cavalry brigade

**3. Cavalry Regiment

**25. Cavalry Regiment

**26. Cavalry Regiment

* 3rd Engineer Regiment

* 3rd Transport Regiment

*1. Anti-aircraft regiment

*[[1st Air Squadron (Japan)|1. Air squadron]] (fighter)

*[[:ja:飛行第2戦隊 (日本軍)|2 .Air squadron]] (tactical bomber)

*[[:ja:飛行第2戦隊 (日本軍)|7. Air squadron]] (medium bomber)

}}

{{Infobox command structure

| name = 3rd Division

| date = 1945

| parent =

| subordinate = * 3. Infantry Brigade Group

** 6. Infantry Regiment

** 34. Infantry Regiment

** 68. Infantry Regiment

* 3. Cavalry Regiment

* 3. Field Artillery Regiment

* 3. Construction (engineer) Regiment

* 3. Logistics Regiment

* 3. Signals company

* 3. Ordnance company

* 3. [[Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department]]

* 3. Field hospital

* 3. Veterinary department

}}

The {{nihongo|'''3rd Division'''|第三師団|Dai-san shidan}} was an [[infantry division]] in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. Its [[call sign]] was the {{nihongo|'''Happiness Division'''|幸兵団|Sachi-heidan}}.

The 3rd Division was formed in Nagoya in January 1871 as the {{nihongo|Nagoya Garrison|名古屋鎮台| Nagoya chindai}}, one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. The Nagoya Garrison had responsibility for the central region of Japan. This region was known as the [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] district, and stretched from [[Aichi Prefecture]] to [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]. Upon the recommendations of the [[Prussia]]n [[military advisor]] [[Jakob Meckel]] to the Japanese government, the six regional commands were transformed into divisions under the army reorganization of 14 May 1888.

As one of the oldest divisions in the Imperial Japanese Army, the 3rd Division participated in combat operations during the [[First Sino-Japanese War]], the [[Russo-Japanese War]], the [[Siberian Intervention]], and the [[Jinan Incident|Shandong Incident]].

9 December 1938, the 3rd Division was subordinated to 11th Army and was subsequently one of the divisions assigned to the [[China Expeditionary Army]] (CGA) headquartered in [[Nanjing]]. As one of the most powerful units ("crack" units) in the theatre, the 3rd Division served in nearly every battle in central China. During the [[Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign]] it was converted into a [[triangular division]] on July 4, 1942. It later served for a time as a headquarters and garrison division for strategic [[Zhejiang Province]].

| [[Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou]] || September 1944 || southern [[Liuzhou]]

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* {{cite book|last=Madej|first=W. Victor|title=Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937&ndash;1945|year=1981|publisher=Game Marketing Co|location=Allentown, PA|oclc=8930220}}

[[Category:Infantry divisions of Japan]]

[[Category:Nanjing Massacre perpetrators]]