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216th Division (15 August 1945)
Parent unit
16th area army
Components
522. Infantry regiment (Kyoto )
523. Infantry regiment (Tsuruga )
524. Infantry regiment (Himeji )
216. Field artillery company (Kyoto )
216. Mortar company (Kyoto )
216. Automatic cannon company
216. Machine gun company
216. Engineer company
216. Transport company
216. Signals company
216. Ordnance company
216/4. Field hospital
The 216th Division (第216師団 Dai-nihyakujūroku Shidan was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army . Its call sign was the Hiei 10251 division (比叡 10251 兵団 Hiei 10251 Heidan , after Mount Hiei . It was formed on 2 April 1945 in Kyoto as a triangular division . It was one of a batch of eight divisions composed of the 201st , 202nd , 205th , 206th , 209th , 212th , 214th and 216th divisions created as part of the reaction to the Battle of Okinawa .
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On 11 June 1945, the 216th Division's organization and deployment was complete. The three infantry regiments were deployed in Uto, Kumamoto , while other small sub-units were at Takasaki Town (modern Hōtaku District, Kumamoto )[1] surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.
See also
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Independent Mixed Brigade
Infantry Division (including guard divisions)
Independent Armored Brigade
Japanese infantry and armored units in Home Islands, 15 August 1945
Notes and references
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This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 第216師団 (日本軍) , accessed 20 July 2016
Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle , 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.
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