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The 2nd Division (第2師団, Dai-Ni Shidan) is one of nine active divisions of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The division is subordinated to the Northern Army and is headquartered at Camp Asahikawa in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. Its responsibility is the defense of North Western Hokkaidō. The division was raised on 18 January 1962.
The Katayama Detachment from 2nd Division, (consisting of the 15th Infantry Brigade, with 16th and 30th Infantry Regiments, and a field artillery battalion) fought small actions near Akiyama heights, or Heights 997 on 6–10 September 1939, in the closing stages of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol [2] 2nd Division (and the 4th Division) as part of ...
The Konoe Imperial Guard of Japan was originally one Imperial Guards Division until the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was expanded during World War II into three Guards Divisions: Konoe Imperial Guards Division; 1st Guards Division; 2nd Guards Division; 3rd Guards Division
Each of these brigades were organized in a unique manner and one of them, the 11th, was later formed into the IJA 26th Division. Later a series of Independent Mixed Brigades were formed for the purpose of garrisoning the large territories of China captured in the early phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War. This variety for China was usually ...
0–9. 1st Anti-Aircraft Division (Japan) 2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 3rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
Tadamichi Kuribayashi: Commanding General, 2nd Imperial Guard Depot Division (LtGen) Takeshi Mori: Commanding General, 1st Imperial Guard Division, killed during abortive coup d'état launched against him at Imperial Palace; Major-General Imaye Chief of Staff 2nd Imperial Guards Division, Malaya
Provisional Air Division (Japan) 航空兵団: 1 August 1936: 1 June 1942-Tokyo-North China-Manchuria: 1st Air Division (Japan) 第1飛行師団: 10 June 1938: 1945: Tip (鏑, Kabura) 1045: Kakamigahara-Sapporo-Obihiro, was dissolved in 1942 and re-formed in 1943 2nd Air Division (Japan) 第2飛行師団: 24 July 1937: 17 May 1945: Vulture (鷲 ...
The 2nd Tank Division was reconstituted in Japan as a training unit after the disaster in the Philippines. In February 1945, its 11th Armored Regiment was transferred to the control of the Japanese Fifth Area Army and attached to the 91st Infantry Division .